On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:26:33 GMT, "Colin W Kingsbury"
wrote in
. net::

Sure, it might fly, but who wants a machine with the fuel burn of an old
Lear (at low altitude), the maintenance costs of a big Sikorsky, and the
payload of a 172?

Who wants a 25 mph aircraft capable of 120 feet long flight of 12
seconds?
http://www.infsearch.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-...OVP/204233.wmx

It's a start. It portends the future. It's going to need development
and refinement, but I believe these vectored thrust machines will
eventually be successful in achieving flight and eventually public
acceptance.

Michael Jackson, on the other hand .... :-)