Re: Deep Rescue: Will a shuttle float?

In message <1148004163.933116.313350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, snidely <Snidely.too@xxxxxxxxx> writes

Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:
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Delta wing not good when ditching.

Mary "Don't even want to think about it"

Now a reverse delta-wing, with the narrow part aft -- might not fly
well, but you can drag that tail in the water as much as you want!

That would be a logical development for the "bat-boats" in Kipling's "With the Night Mail".
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