Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:11:39 +0000 (GMT) Phillip Atcliffe
<Phillip.Atcliffe@uwe.ac.uk> writes:
>On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:54:45 +0000 Roger Burton West 
><roger@firedrake.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:14:49PM -0500, Glenn M Wilson wrote:
>>> The Bumblebee supposedly was 'proven' by an engineer to be 
>incapable 
>of flight until another (smarter) Engineer examined the Bumble bee not 
>
>as an airplane but a 'helicopter'  model.  At least that is the urban 
>myth I was taught... <grin> <<
>
>> Pretty much - if you try to analyse it as a fixed-wing vehicle, it 
>doesn't work. Then again, anyone who's _seen_ a bumblebee could tell 
>you it isn't a fixed-wing vehicle... <
>
>References, citations, etc., please! I want to see the "proof" of 
>this. 
>Frankly, after years of fruitless searching, I'm of the opinion that 
>there never was such an analysis, and the whole thing was thought up 
>by 
>neo-Luddites to discredit "scientists" (Glenn's mention of engineers  
>is the first time I've heard of the profession being involved in 
>this).
>
>Phil
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Precision is a standard aspect on Urban Myth - Accuracy on the other
hand...

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