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A Brief History of Pigs and Flight

A Brief History of Pigs and Flight

25th April, 2009

The aerodynamic potential of pigs has long been debated. Is that plump body a proper fuselage? Can a curvilinear tail assembly function as a rudder? Will cloven appendages withstand the stress of landing? And, eh… Just where are the wings? Perhaps only the Walrus knows.

Posted in Culture, Flight | Tagged A.A. Milne, Ambrose Bierce, Andrew Leicester, Brabazon, Carefree Sugarless Gum, euphemism, G.K. Chesterton, Hayao Miyazaki, John Withals, Lewis Carroll, National Pork Producers Council, pigaleian, Porco Rosso, Porculus, Smithfield Foods, walrus | 6 Responses


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Tamara Harkavy, director of the Big Pig Gig, an outdoor sculpture event held in Cincinnati, Ohio in the summer of 2000.

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