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Or gliding from tree to tree like flying squirrels do and just imagine giant prehistoric lizards,aka dinosaurs,gliding around and if any of them survived up until ancient china and through to the middle ages,they would be called dragons...
Originally posted by NeoVain
reply to post by nineix
Not sure those are wings at all... Lizard have to low metabolism to maintain wings flapping... Those are most probably used when swimming underwater.
Originally posted by Agarta
reply to post by nineix
These lizards glide because it is controlled falling.
flight
1.
the act, manner, or power of flying.
2.
the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball.
3.
a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.
4.
a scheduled trip on an airline: a 5 o'clock flight.
5.
a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together: a flight of geese.
adjective
1.
making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
2.
floating, fluttering, waving, hanging, or moving freely in the air: flying banners; flying hair.
3.
extending through the air.
4.
moving swiftly.
5.
made while moving swiftly: a flying leap.
noun
10.
the act of moving through the air on wings; flight.
I didnt inherit a "fearlessness gene" from my father,so i've never flown and i wont be flying anytime soon and my inner voice has often told me that if i ever do go up into the sky in an airplane,that airplane "will crash" and it "will kill" me,so i never will and i'm not a bird or a dragon,god didnt give me wings to fly,or fins and gills to swim with sharks either and so i'll never be eaten by a shark,unless of course a mega-tsunami comes along and washes one up into my back yard...
Originally posted by JibbyJedi
reply to post by Phage
That must be an awesome freeing feeling. How long is your average sustained flight?
I'm a wannabe surfer not a glider, I'd rather be flying than riding waves. I can't even guesstimate how long you could sustain flight with ideal wind conditions, how many hours? Is that New Zealand scenery?
The current duration record (endurance really, sort of like flag pole sitting) is about 24.5 hours.