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HAVEN’T YOU ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY BOOMERANGS…..?

I admit I have, certainly since an uncle (or someone) gave me one at Christmas a long time ago….perhaps the most frustrating present I’ve ever gotten. The instructions told me how it was supposed to work - but it wouldn’t do it for me.

These are what I thought all “proper” boomerangs were supposed to look like, but apparently the aboriginal Australians made a number of different designs, and used them for

hunting, fishing and imitating the flight of hawks; they made boomerangs to catch on the edge of an enemy’s shield and hit him from behind. Some have two wings; others, four.

This is what I was always trying for, and never attaining….they made it sound so easy. Popular Mechanics just published THIS ARTICLE about a boomerang fanatic, boomerang “scientist”, and boomerang artist, who makes, sells, and competes with boomerangs, advancing the knowledge of this ancient weapon, tool, and toy.

And here is the photo of the boomerang that holds the informal record for most time remaining aloft: