Flyer
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Flyer or flier may refer to:
See also
- An aviatorAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
- Flyer (pamphlet)Flyer (pamphlet)__notoc__A flyer or flier, also called a circular, handbill or leaflet, is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in public place....
, a single page leaflet - Flier (fish) (Centrarchus macropterus), a sunfish native to the Southern United States
- Memphis FlyerMemphis FlyerThe Memphis Flyer is a free weekly alternative newspaper serving the greater Memphis, Tennessee area. Liberal in its politics, the Flyer covers local politics, as well as music and entertainment, regional sports, and human interest stories. Circulation: 55,000The Flyer was founded in 1989 by...
, a free weekly alternative newspaper - Fast Low-Ionization Emission RegionFast Low-Ionization Emission RegionFast Low-Ionization Emission Region, or FLIER, is the name for volumes of gas with low ionization near the symmetry axis of many planetary nebulae. Red in color, they and bolt out from planetary nebulae, clouds of ejected material from sunlike, old stars in the process of dying and exploding, at...
(FLIER), a poorly-understood structure in some planetary nebulae
Buildings and structures
- Singapore FlyerSingapore FlyerThe Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel located in Singapore, constructed in 2005–2008. Described by its operators as an observation wheel, it reaches 42 stories high, with a total height of , making it the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, taller than the Star of Nanchang and taller than...
, world's tallest Ferris wheel - Flyer, another name for a flying buttressFlying buttressA flying buttress is a specific form of buttressing most strongly associated with Gothic church architecture. The purpose of any buttress is to resist the lateral forces pushing a wall outwards by redirecting them to the ground...
USA
- Dayton FlyersDayton FlyersThe Dayton Flyers are the University of Dayton's intercollegiate athletic teams, which are based in Dayton, Ohio. The Flyers' home arena is the University of Dayton Arena. The name is a reference and homage to Daytonians Orville and Wilbur Wright who pioneered heavier than air flight...
, athletic team of the University of Dayton, Ohio - Fort Worth FlyersFort Worth FlyersThe Fort Worth Flyers is the name of a now defunct team of the NBA Development League minor league basketball expansion team based in Fort Worth, Texas. They began play in the 2005-06 season. The decision was made by the NBADL to not operate this team for the 2007-08 season.- Franchise history...
, a basketball team from Fort Worth, Texas - Orange County Flyers, a baseball team from Fullerton, California
- Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphia FlyersThe Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, an ice hockey team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Schaumburg FlyersSchaumburg FlyersThe Schaumburg Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Schaumburg, Illinois, in the United States. The Flyers were to be a charter member of the North American League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, however, the team folded in March of 2011, before they began play in...
, a baseball team from Schaumburg, Illinois - Spokane Flyers (junior), an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
- Spokane Flyers (senior)Spokane Flyers (senior)The Spokane Flyers are a defunct senior ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington. They played in the Western International Hockey League from 1948-49 to the 1979-80.1949-50: National Senior Champions...
, an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington - Waynflete Flyers, mascot of Waynflete SchoolWaynflete SchoolWaynflete School is a private, coeducational, college preparatory day school for early childhood education to twelfth grade, in Portland, Maine. Established in 1898, it is one of three independent private schools in the greater Portland area....
, Portland, Maine
Automobiles
- Flyer (automobile)Flyer (automobile)The Flyer was a brass era automobile manufactured in Mt. Clemens, Michigan by the Flyer Motor Car Company from 1913-1914. The Flyer had a monobloc four-cylinder water-cooled engine with selective transmission....
, manufactured by the Flyer Motor Car Company in Michigan, USA, from 1913 to 1914 - BYD FlyerBYD FlyerThe BYD Flyer is a city car originally developed by government owned Xian Qinhuan Automobile. It has been produced by BYD Auto, a Chinese automobile manufacturer in Shenzhen, since 2004...
, manufactured by BYD Auto in Shenzhen, China, since 2004 - Smith FlyerSmith FlyerThe Smith Flyer was an American automobile manufactured by the A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee from 1915 until about 1919 when the manufacturing rights were sold to Briggs & Stratton and it was renamed to Briggs & Stratton Flyer. The Smith Flyer is a small, simple, lightweight, two-seat vehicle...
, manufactured by A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee, USA, from 1915 until about 1919 - Thomas Flyer, winner of the 1908 New York to Paris Race1908 New York to Paris RaceThe 1908 New York to Paris Race was an automobile competition consisting of drivers attempting to travel from New York to Paris. This was a notable challenge given the state of automobile technology and road infrastructure at the time. Only three of six contestants completed the course...
, manufactured by Thomas Motor Company in New York, USA
Aviation
- FLYER (magazine)FLYER (magazine)FLYER is a monthly magazine for the UK general aviation community. It is published by Seager Publishing. The current retail price is £3.95, or £7.50 per quarter by subscription. The Magazine competes with Pilot and advertising-based freesheet, Loop....
, a monthly UK aviation publication - Abramovich Flyer, a biplane built by Vsevolod Abramovich in 1912
- Fisher FlyerFisher Flyer|-See also:...
, an single-engined ultralight biplane built by Michael Fisher in 1980 - Kolb Flyer, a twin-engined ultralight monoplane produced in kit form by Kolb Aircraft from 1980 to 1982
- Pfitzner FlyerPfitzner FlyerThe Pfitzner Flyer was an innovative monoplane designed in 1909 by Alexander Pfitzner and built by the Curtiss company at Hammondsport, NY, where Pfitzner was employed at the time....
, a monoplane designed by Alexander Pfitzner in 1909 - Wright FlyerWright FlyerThe Wright Flyer was the first powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.The U.S...
, world's first powered aircraft, built and flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903
Ships
- Flyer and Flyer II, yachts of Conny van RietschotenConny van RietschotenCornelis van Rietschoten, round the world yachtsman – winner of the 1977/78 and 1981/82 Whitbread Round the World Race.Born: 23rd March 1926, Rotterdam, Netherlands...
with which he twice won the Whitbread Round the World Race - Flyer (steamboat), a passenger ship which operated on Puget Sound from 1891 to 1930
- USNS Flyer (T-AG-178)USNS Flyer (T-AG-178)USNS Flyer , was a type C2-S-B1 cargo ship of the United States Navy, built under Maritime Commission contract by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California as SS Water Witch....
, a cargo ship launched in 1944 - USS Flier (SS-250)USS Flier (SS-250), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier, a round sunfish widely known in the United States....
, a submarine launched in 1943
Australia
- Newcastle FlyerNewcastle FlyerThe Newcastle Express, better known as the Newcastle Flyer, was an Australian passenger express train operated from late 1929 to 1988 connecting the cities of Newcastle and Sydney.-Early history:...
, an express passenger service connecting Newcastle and Sydney from 1929 to 1988
New Zealand
- Kingston FlyerKingston FlyerThe Kingston Flyer is a vintage steam train operating in the South Island of New Zealand at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu. It uses 14 kilometres of preserved trackage that once formed a part of the Kingston Branch.-History:...
, a vintage steam service begun in 1982 - Kingston Flyer (train)Kingston Flyer (train)The Kingston Flyer was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department between the 1890s and 1957. It operated to Kingston from multiple other termini: Gore, Invercargill, and less commonly, Dunedin.-Introduction:...
, an express passenger service operated between the 1890s and 1957 - Taranaki FlyerTaranaki FlyerThe Taranaki Flyer was the name given to a passenger train that was operated by the New Zealand Railways Department between Wanganui and New Plymouth.- Introduction :...
, a passenger service between New Plymouth and Wanganui which ended in 1959
USA
- Century Flyer, an historic narrow gauge train
- Champlain FlyerChamplain FlyerThe Champlain Flyer was a commuter train that operated between Burlington, Vermont south to the towns of Shelburne, Vermont and Charlotte, Vermont from 2000-2003....
, a commuter service connecting Burlington, Shelburne, and Charlotte, in Vermont, from 2000 to 2003 - Heartland FlyerHeartland FlyerThe Heartland Flyer is a daily passenger train that follows a 206-mile route between Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Amtrak serves as contractor, initially only for the State of Oklahoma, but now also to the State of Texas....
, a passenger train between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, begun in 1999 - Valley FlyerValley FlyerThe Valley Flyer was a short-lived, named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.The all-heavyweight, "semi-streamlined" train operated between Bakersfield and Oakland, California during the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition, located on "Treasure Island" in...
, a passenger service between Bakersfield and Oakland, in California, from 1939 to 1942
See also
- American FlyerAmerican FlyerAmerican Flyer was a popular brand of toy train and model railroad in the United States in the middle part of the 20th century.- The Chicago era, 1907–1938 :...
, a toy train and model railroad brand