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Re: The origin of flight: from the water up (very short!)

To: david.marjanovic@gmx.at, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: The origin of flight: from the water up (very short!)
From: "James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:37:28 -0800
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Oh.  What aerodynamic properties does a large wingspan relative to trunk
length specify?  Are you saying that R was a spanloader?

David Marjanovic wrote:

> > Does 'very long' mean a large wingspan, or does it mean a high aspect
> > ratio?
>
> Large wingspan (in relation to trunk length) -- the breadth is unknown, as
> no feathers are preserved. :-)

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