Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:23:07 -0400 (EDT) From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Alternative reality v SF Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Mike B. wrote: > As for planes with vertically mounted propellers, check out the Osprey. > Takes off that way, then rotates the wings to aim the propellers forward > for high speed flight. And, judging from the experiences of the Marine Corps, has more bugs in it than a New York tenement. -- Dick Eney "I swant to live in Principle..."