Thanks to RvS - correction to previous post: ... to be precise, I should have added "for one hour" in two places.:
a rule-of-thumb about one kwh per pound of payload is required for a helicopter.... to hover in place *for one hour* Also, it is a continuing oversight that I keep forgetting to use up my quota of "bird" idioms.... Previously, I was able to get in "on a lark" bird-brained" and "wild goose chase" but missed the prime opportunity for: As the crow flies... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush... Bird's eye view ... Birds of a feather... The early bird catches the worm... Chicken out... Count your chickens before they hatch.... etc etc. .... or the one which most represents my feeling about the future of this hummingbird thread.... which is now poised to meet its timely end, in step with 2004... finding a way to kill two birds with one stone... Jones
