Homo Avis: A lightweight one-man glider equipped with a compact jet engine. These devices are used for sporting events inside space colonies, and they also come in handy as escape devices for aircraft passengers. [Zeta Gundam]
To my knowledge, the Homo Avis was never used anywhere else after its brief appearance in Zeta Gundam Episode 14, where Katz Kobayashi uses it to escape from a hijacked cargo plane used to ram an NRX-004 Asshimar, although I believe that one of the manga mentions it as being among the products manufactured by the B.W. Industrial civil aviation company. The new Gryphon Glider bears a remarkable resemblance to the Homo Avis, as well as similar functionality, if not quite the same capability. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/gryphon-singleman-flying-wing-177606.php Once again, life imitates art... -Z- -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
