Re: More on Argentavis

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

We do have plenty more to learn.  But the laws of aerodynamics were well 
enough known at the time to give a good description of the physics of 
bumblebee flight.
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dann Pigdon" <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: More on Argentavis


> Mark Hallett writes:
> > perhaps I'm remembering this
> > incorrectly or incompletely, but wasn't there an
> > aeronautics engineer who stated many years ago that
> > according to the laws of flight dynamics, a bumblebee
> > should in theory be incapable of flight?
>
> According to the incompletly known laws at the time. We now know more 
> about aerodynamics - and no doubt have plenty more to learn.