Dragonfly darning needle

July 9, 1984

News item: Dragonfly, which has been around for 250,000,000 years, supplies clues for aircraft of the future. In the heft and sift of centuries the plight of ponderous creatures mastodon, dinosaur, tank is plain. Outwitting all else and time darting/zooming backing/lifting on odd diaphanous wings, this tiny thing loops our summers eon after eon with energy and light.