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From: Nick Balaskas <nikolaos@YorkU.CA>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:13:42 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Fwd Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:36:52 -0400
Subject: Re: BBC: 'Fying Saucer' Grounded


>From: Steven J. Dunn <SDunn@logicon.com>
>To: UFO Updates <updates@globalserve.net>,
>Subject: BBC: 'Fying saucer' grounded
>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 05:04:38 -0700

>Sunday, June 27, 1999 Published at 03:12 GMT 04:12 UK

>'Flying saucer' grounded

>A flying saucer project which attempted to turn science fiction
>into science fact has reportedly been thwarted by a lack of
>funds.

<snip>

There is a retired York U. science professor and pilot, Daphne
Schiff, who is attempting to turn ancient mythology into fact.
Daphne is building an ornithopter, an aircraft that flys by
flapping its birdlike wings.  Daphne has recruited a fellow
pilot, Patricia Bowman (who weighs under 100 pounds) to test out
these wings.  Their goal is to achieve human powered flight, the
same way Icarus did for a while - before he flew too close to
the sun.  Who knows, one day people may strap on similar
birdlike wings on their shoulders and flap their way to work or
to visit a friend.

There have been no reports of feather covered UFOs over Toronto,
yet.

Further information can be found in the April 28, 1999 issue of
the York University Gazette Online:

http://www.yorku.ca/admin/comm/gazette/past/archive/

Daphne's husband, Harold I. Schiff (another retired York U.
science professor) was directly responsible for the thwarting of
another major aviation project, the American SST project.  As we
approach the end of the 20th century, supersonic flights would
have been a common thing, but thanks to Harold, we are still
able to go outdoors and enjoy the sun's warm rays with little
injury to us.

Nick Balaskas