Indoor flying

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Eye of the beholder, I guess.
Richard

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ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:
"A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another,
often larger object." rather fits the bill.

I disagree about that.

1.. An object for children to play with

Barring the notion of children, This looks good to me.

As I said to the indignant OP, it's a silly arguement. I think they're toys,
and I don't think they are models of anything except perhaps in the most
general terms. I think they are an interesting curiousity, entertaining. The
operator is clearly talented. I offered up "miniature aircraft" as
appropriate. So, as soon as I see a full size aircraft that is a copy of.
I'll change my opinion.

It does remind me of the paroxysms of rage that came from the character of
the German engineer in the original "Flight of the Pheonix" and that image
came immediately to mind whan I read the original complaint.