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Default modern sails spun off mechanical flight technology?

"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
OzOne wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:32:39 -0400, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

Read that somewhere recently.
I knew downwind sailing was "it" for a very long time, but did the
concept of sailing to wind really come about with the evolution of the
wing and mechanical flight?
Scout
No.


You make some excellent points.
Scout

He's so succinct in his answers....


I think it I read it in a Matt Collie discussion, but I can't seem to find
it and I can't remember if this was Matt's position or someone else's. If
you're out there Matt . . .
Scout