Rotor Launch

Indoor walls were getting way too cramped, so I dropped from the dining table, slipped beneath the front door, and raced down the stairwell into the open courtyard! Right along the brick flowerbed lay a dried, winged maple seed curled like an aerodynamic boomerang. I scooped it up with both fists and scrambled straight atop the stone retaining wall. Time for an aerial test! With a sharp shout, I launched the pod high into the open morning air. Instead of dropping like a rock, the wing caught the draft and spun like a miniature propeller all the way down to the gravel! Incredible flight mechanics!