slink: http://ff.im/3LZzi ; http://twitpic.com/6ze1w Example: http://www.physorg.com/news103... July 18th, 2007 Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift "...RoboSwift can sweep its wings back and forth, changing the shape and the surface area. By doing so the airplane can fly more efficiently and more agilely than fixed-wing aircraft. The airplane is powered by means of a special propeller that folds during gliding to minimize air drag. Credit: RoboSwift team Nine Dutch Aerospace Engineering students at the Delft University of Technology, together with the Department of Experimental Zoology of Wageningen University, designed the RoboSwift. .." - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... "......This is a list of the bird species recorded in Peru. The avifauna of Peru includes a total of 1879 species, of which 139 are endemic, 3 have been introduced by humans, and 72 are rare or accidental. 91 species are globally threatened....Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards..." - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

The Lockheed-PeruBird connection: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/product... ; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news... Tiny Flying Robots Modeled on Insects "...Enter aerospace engineer James De Laurier and his team of researchers at the Institute for Aerospace Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada. In collaboration with SRI International in Menlo Park, California, they are developing ornithopters—aircraft that get all of their thrust and most of their lift from flapping wings..." - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

"...Engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, in collaboration with the University of Missouri-Rolla, NASA's Glenn Research Center, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute in Cleveland, Ohio are building a fleet of robotic bugs that will scout the landscape of Mars. The robots, called entomopters, were first developed by engineers at GTRI under a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to fly inside buildings and caves. .." - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

see also "Study of Wasps Imported to Hawaii Shows Risks of "Biocontrol"", "Ants in Space: Shuttle Hosts High-Flying School Project", Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution http://pup.princeton.edu/TOCs... ; Flapping Flight http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/adapt... Hydro- and Aerodynamics of Animal Swimming and Flight http://ostrich.usc.edu/rsg... Insect Flight Research http://faculty.washington.edu/callis... ;; Robofly http://www.berkeley.edu ; Ornithopters [...] --- Micro Air Vehicles A new thrust in DERA micro air vehicle development http://defence-data.com/f2000... ; Flapping Flight http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/adapt... Hydro- and Aerodynamics of Animal Swimming and Flight http://ostrich.usc.edu/rsg... Insect Flight Research http://faculty.washington.edu/callis... ; Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution http://pup.princeton.edu/TOCs... ... - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

http://web.archive.org/web... A new thrust in DERA micro air vehicle development 24 July 2000 "...Known as "Microjet", this 13mm long hydrogen peroxide fuelled engine is designed for the development of micro air vehicles for use in both military and civil surveillance operations..." ; http://avisupser.dgrsolutions.com/countri... Bienvenidos al Portal de Aviación de Perú - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Hawks, Kites and Eagles in Peru: * Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis * Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus * Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus * Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii * White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus (A) * Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis * Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus * Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus * Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis * Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea * Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni (A) * Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus * Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster * Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus * Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris * Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis * Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor * Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens * Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbeus * Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus * Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps (A) * Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops * White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli * White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis * Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis * Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis * Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga * Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis * Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus * Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis * Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus * Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius * Gray Hawk Asturina nitida * Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris * Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus * White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous * Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus * White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula * Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni * White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus * Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma * Puna Hawk Buteo poecilochrous * Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus * Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis * Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja * Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus * Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus * Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus * Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

Bush's bizarre 2002 remark about "2-Bit Terrorism" in Peru: http://www.911review.org/Sept11W... ; [from ewing2001 9/11 encylopedia 2002/03] http://www.911review.org/Sept11W... "...On March 21st, 2002 a car bomb in Peru shocked the peruvian nation. Obviously organised by a leftist guerrilla group, as a protest against a pending visit of President Bush in Lima at that time, Bush cynically described it as "2-Bit-Terrorism" only and started a strong criticism in the peruvian media on his "double standard" views: "Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do, and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere," Bush said. "Our neighborhood is important to us. Peru is an important country." http://www.cnn.com/2002......" http://www.scribd.com/doc... - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

bump to the top for A.W. ; - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

"The robots, called entomopters, were first developed by engineers at GTRI under a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to fly inside buildings and caves" -- and to make the wtc plane shape holes. - Rosalee Grable

...countdown continues for operation p: peru-parrots-pirates-pee-pi . [period] ; - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010