Re: The origin of flight: from the water up

["James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

Waylon Rowley wrote:

> > Why would it necessarily angle the wings up?  Most
> > planes and many animals glide at a negative angle
> > of attack.
>
> It's part of the stair-stepping movement. Maybe
> instead of angling their wings they let the lift
> generated push them up,

Ahh...  You were talking about the plunge angle, and I had presumed you
were talking about the pitch angle (and the aoa).  Glad I asked the
question.