> 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. Erm... what's glide ratio? :-]