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Re: Re.avian flight

To: David.Marjanovic@gmx.at, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Re.avian flight
From: "James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:58:35 -0800
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The tail of Archaeopteryx didn't prevent it from gliding.  Glide ratio would
have been about 3:1 to 4:1, as compared to a pigeon's 6:1.  Archie was a fair to
middlin' glider, though I don't quite see why it would want to, since it would
appear to have been more suited to flapping.

Jim

David Marjanovic wrote:

> Remember the tail of *Archaeopteryx* that prevented it from gliding?

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