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LATEST VERSION: The current aircraft is 40% larger than the original U-2. The single-seat, single-engine, glider-like plane has a length of 63 ft. and a wingspan of 103 ft. Each plane costs an estimated $34 million, and 36 are on active duty...
Most mammals wean their young when they reach 40% of adult size, but bats continue nursing their offspring until they are almost fully grown. The reason: pups need the extra time to attain the large wingspan and wing surface required...
...frantic behind-the-scenes fine-tuning of Bill Clinton's health-care proposal. Instead of a more traditional ficus plant, a 6-ft.-tall inflatable Godzilla peers from one corner of Howard's work space, while Gumby covers the exit. A prehistoric pteranodon (with a 6-ft. wingspan) swoops over story conferences from its perch on the ceiling. Souvenirs sent from all over the world by friends and colleagues line the bookshelves. "Some people would say I have an office in lieu of a personality," says Howard. "It's my secret garden of kitsch...
...will seat some 360 passengers and will have an extra-wide wingspan to give it a 4,800-mile range. The new jet will have optional fold-up wing tips that will enable it to park at existing airport gates...
...months later, with the help of his sons, friends and a few colleagues from AeroVironment, MacCready had assembled the first flimsy version of the Gossamer Condor out of aluminum tubes, piano wire, Mylar film, a propeller and bicycle parts. With a wingspan of 96 ft., it weighed only 55 lbs., and MacCready's two older sons, Parker and Tyler, were soon flying it for short distances, rising a few feet above the ground. After another ten months and many crashes and revisions, Bryan Allen, a bicycle racer and hang-glider pilot, successfully flew the Condor around the Kremer course, ensuring...