[NicknamedBob]

Fiercely magnificent.

In my pantheon of dragons, it is their fire-breathing ability that allows them to fly. I designed my dragons with a "fire-lung," a leathery bellows where ethyl alcohol is mixed with air and exploded to power the wings' down-stroke.

To me, it's the only way to get such an elephantine mass into the air. They are organic internal combustion engines.

No one else seems concerned about the scientific aspects of it. "They fly. So what?" is the reaction.

Well, they can't fly. Not without something rather magical. Internal combustion lifted the Wright Flyer, and it could lift a dragon too.

Still, how do they keep from getting drunk?

[rottndog]

Most modern fighter jets couldn't fly without the "magic" of fly-by-wire.

Still, how do they keep from getting drunk?

They probably metabolize the alcohol at such a rapid rate (due to their high strung nature) that it isn't in their circulatory system long enough to achieve drunkenness.

The real question then becomes, what do dragons do after a hard day at work, since having a beer or two wouldn't have the same effect?