[Ol' Dan Tucker]

"Have you ever wondered how a flying squirrel flies, it doesn't have wings, it's not a bird, so how can it fly? Well, the truth is, it doesn't fly, it glides, sort of like an eagle except it never has to flap any wings.

Um, sailplanes don't flap their wings, either, yet no one would dream of saying they don't fly.

[mlc9852]

Okay, we agree that flying squirrels don't fly by flapping their wings.

[cdgent]

Um, sailplanes don't flap their wings, either, yet no one would dream of saying they don't fly.

When I was a sailplane instructor pilot, I was rather proud of my 'falling with style' t-shirt.

So I guess you claim that old Otto is the real fsther of flight, and those pesky Wright bros are just hangers-on?