Stine wrote what he knew, at the time, he owned the same type of plane as was in the novel (a Beech IIRC), and I think he used his own tail numbers. Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of David VanHorn > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:02 PM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [EE]: Reactionless Drive > > On 9/19/06, gacrowell@micron.com wrote: > > > > You know, this device sounds a lot like the one in the > amusing short SF > > novel "Star Driver" by G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy). > > > > That was a favorite of mine. I liked how they did the testing :) > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist