I believe it was Sam Clemens who said that if history doesn't repeat itself, it certainly rhymes. John McPhee wrote about a similar flight mechanism in the Del

I believe it was Sam Clemens who said that if history doesn't repeat itself, it certainly rhymes. John McPhee wrote about a similar flight mechanism in the Deltoid Pumpkin Seed back in '71. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEREON_26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEREON_26