Letter: Flying ace

Philip Webster
Thursday 06 June 1996 23:02 BST
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Sir: I have been annoyed, then intrigued, by a fly which has been going round the room I am in for some five minutes before settling. Two questions arise: how long can a fly manage to fly around without pause; and, if translated into human terms, what would be the equivalent endeavour?

PHILIP WEBSTER

Derby

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