ANCIENT MISSILE.—The flight of the age-old returning boomerang of the Australian aborigines has been proven by modern scientists to display a knowledge of aerodynamics astonishing among people as primitive as these Stone-Age men. Mathematicians have shown that slight alterations in the shaping of the returning boomerang—in its ratio of twist, size, weight, and rounding—will cause corresponding changes in its flight. These changes can be demonstrated in equations. A tourist attraction near Alice Springs, in the centre of the continent, is boomerangthrowing by detribalised natives.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 8
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84ANCIENT MISSILE.—The flight of the age-old returning boomerang of the Australian aborigines has been proven by modern scientists to display a knowledge of aerodynamics astonishing among people as primitive as these Stone-Age men. Mathematicians have shown that slight alterations in the shaping of the returning boomerang—in its ratio of twist, size, weight, and rounding—will cause corresponding changes in its flight. These changes can be demonstrated in equations. A tourist attraction near Alice Springs, in the centre of the continent, is boomerangthrowing by detribalised natives. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 8
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