High or low wing?

"David Megginson" wrote in message
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C J Campbell wrote:
There are no low wing birds.

There aren't many with propellers, either.


:-) You look kind of silly with that one on your head, though.

There aren't any airplanes that flap their wings, either.

C J Campbell wrote:

There are no low wing birds.

Steve Robertson wrote:

There aren't any airplanes that flap their wings, either.

You've never heard of the ornithopter, then:

http://www.ornithopter.net/index_e.html

As soon as it's certified (well, as soon as it actually works), I'm
confident that all of the posters who made the
still-funny-after-all-these-years comment about birds not having wings on
the bottom will sell their current planes and buy one.


All the best,


David

"David Megginson" wrote in message
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Steve Robertson wrote:

There aren't any airplanes that flap their wings, either.

You've never heard of the ornithopter, then:


Maybe he has, maybe he hasn't. He didn't say there were no aircraft that
flap their wings, he said there were no airplanes that flap their wings. As
an airplane is an aircraft that produces lift by driving a fixed wing
through the air, he's right.

Ford or Chevy?

This is gonna sound a lot like a Robert Frost poem.

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

High winged aircraft, for pilots who fly in rain, let you get in without
getting the seat wet, low winged ones make the pilot wipe the passanger seat
with his slacks as he slides across.

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

Skirts and getting aboard low winged airplanes are a problem, and the damned
thing is, the pilot gets in first so he can't help or enjoy the view.

There's nothing with a lower wing than a Mooney, and that's what I have.

And yes, sometimes I do like my tail backwards.

AJW

tony wrote:

This is gonna sound a lot like a Robert Frost poem.

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

Easy fix to this, get a Beech....

Allen

tony wrote:

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

High-wing pilots have permanent dents in their foreheads; low-wing pilots
have permanent mud and grease stains on their knees.


All the best,


David

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually
checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

I suspect that someday, when I'm beyond my prime, and arthritis has crept
into my limbs, I'll be forced to buy one of those high-wing "retirement
planes"...

I won't like it as much -- but it'll beat being grounded...

It would be interesting to know the average age of the owners of high-wing
aircraft, versus low-wing. I wonder if it's significantly different?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"David Megginson" wrote in message
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tony wrote:

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually
checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

High-wing pilots have permanent dents in their foreheads; low-wing pilots
have permanent mud and grease stains on their knees.


You can always spot a Cessna pilot by the row of diamond shaped scars on his
forehead.