"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
. com...

...he didn't fly, but he didn't die.
so, i have always figured that one out of two ain't bad.

Well, actually, it's a good deal better than not bad. Many a pioneer in
human flight did worse. Your efforts (their rather late entry into the
field notwithstanding) are yet another example of the dauntless
determination and selfless courage (I mean, you didn't actually perform the
experiment yourself......in a manner of speaking) that,eventually and at
great human cost (not to mention a whole lot of expensive.....for the
times.....equipment), led to what most of us in the developed world
(Jeffie's gastrointestinal tract be damned) accept as a commonplace. We who
are about to fly salute you!

yfitons
wayno (yeah, forty, i know, the name "darrius" is not an accurate
rendition of the name of the persian king, darius, from whom the name
originated. but, ****, after all, we are just a bunch of carolina trailer
trash... )

You realize, of course, that the internet (and Google in particular) are
currently experiencing a significant surge as a result of that observation,
ainna?

Wolfgang
who'd bet a shiny new nickel that some of the traffic originates in the
neighborhood of chambana.