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It is absolutely fascinating. The RC guys have reached 300+mph doing
this. I personally have clocked someone flying a 2M wingspan RC glider
doing 209mph. It is amazing how fast the energy builds up and how
quickly speed goes from 40 to 150+

It requires nerves of steel and amazing reflexes to dive to the ground
at 200+ and pull out only a couple of feet above ground though!


My understanding is that the average albatross possesses nerves of steel and
amazing reflexes!

Or maybe it has something to do with aptitude and talent (g).

When I was in the US Navy, I used to marvel at them. They'd follow in the
ship's wake for hours, turning and wheeling, sometimes with their wing tips
just inches from the water, though never flapping.

Wonder, if they caught a wing tip by mistake, would all hell break loose,
would they suffer a broken boom?

bumper