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unusual facts about Flyer



.30-378 Weatherby Magnum

Earl Chronister, shooting a .30-378 Weatherby Magnum shot the first ever ten shot 10X with the first nine shot to 3.125 inches and the tenth flyer for an overall group of 4.375 inches.

Abramovich Flyer

The Abramovich Flyer was an early aircraft built by Russian aviator Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich in 1912, based on the Wright brothers' designs he had seen while working for their German subsidiary.

Amita Dhiri

Milly was a sensible legal high-flyer who had been with Egg, played by Andrew Lincoln, since university.

Bombing of Libya

1911–1912: Giulio Gavotti, first-in-the-world aerial bombardment in a heavier-than-air flyer and first-in-the-world night mission in same; Italo-Turkish War in Libya

Cheryl Gallant

Gallant resurfaced in the spotlight on March 17, 2005, when she suggested that Christians were being persecuted by the Liberal Party in a flyer she sent to her constituents.

Claude Giroux

On June 20, 2012, Giroux was named the cover athlete for NHL 13 at the NHL awards in Las Vegas; he became the first Philadelphia Flyer on an EA Sports NHL video game cover since Eric Lindros on NHL 99.

Columbus Air Force

The song "Tree Top Flyer," written by Stephen Stills and performed by Jimmy Buffett on his album Banana Wind (as a hidden track), is reportedly about the Columbus Air Force.

Farsley

Rugby league footballer Fred Farrar, whose nickname was The Farsley Flyer, was a member of Hunslet's 1907–08 All Four Cups winning team.

Flyer Enterprises

::::::::::*Flyer Spirit - A joint venture with the UD Bookstore opened in 2007 to sell Dayton Flyers apparel and memorabilia

Flyer II

Flyer II, the yacht with which the Dutch skipper Conny van Rietschoten won the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race, which was his second win in the race

Founders Brewing Company

2011: Galactic, Rubblebucket, Terrapin Flyer with Melvin Seals, The Ragbirds, Steppin' In It, AB & Coconut Brown, FBC All-Stars (All-Founders-Employee Supergroup), DJ Spydre Murphy

Francesco Agello

The other flyer involved in the tragic mid-air collision was Guido Masiero, a fellow veteran of World War One.

Gray's Papaya

In the song "Frequent Flyer" by Chromeo, a reference to the papaya fruit drink is made with the lyric "Sipping on a Gray's Papaya".

Jane Withers

Withers also took a flyer in screenwriting: she wrote the original story filmed as Small Town Deb, under the pseudonym "Jerrie Walters." In 1979, Withers was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its very first Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award recognizing her outstanding achievements within the film industry as a child actress.

Jeff, One Lonely Guy

In April 2013, New Museum in New York City launched a street exhibit inspired by Ragsdale's flyer.

John Francome

#High Flyer (1997), ISBN 0-7472-1896-X cover photography Peter Dazeley

Knox Martin

William Knox Martin, a Virginia-born early aviation pioneer and flyer, and his wife Isabel Vieco, who were married in the Canal Zone in Panama in 1921.

Lost on Journey

Arriving at the crowded airport, Li finds he has been mistakenly booked in the economy class and sits next to the first-time flyer Niu Geng (Baoqiang Wang), who is a naïve and gullible migrant worker.

Loyalty marketing

Both American's AAdvantage program and Starwood Hotels' Preferred Guest program have received industry awards, called "Freddie Awards" by Inside Flyer Magazine and its publisher Randy Petersen for providing perks that customers value highly.

Luo Yufeng

In November 2011, an English version of her original dating flyer was being handed out in Zuccotti Park during Occupy Wall Street.

Matt Jess

Despite being born in Coventry, Jess spent the majority of his youth in Cornwall and considors himself Cornish and is even branded as the "Heamoor Flyer".

Night Flyer

Night Flyer, popular name for an Olitiau, a gigantic humanoid cryptid bat hypothesized to exist in Central Africa

Paninaro

Later, they added Sebago or Vans deck shoes, Burlington socks, Armani jeans, Americanino or Rifle corduroy pants, all hemmed to ankle height, El Charro belts with Texan or western-style big buckles, By american and Best Company sweatshirts, Schott flyer's leather jackets, Moncler down jackets, and brightly colored Invicta rucksacks.

Ravine Flyer II

The roller coaster traverses State Route 832 along its course, emulating the course of the Ravine Flyer.

Ravine Flyer III

The Ravine Flyer III was installed in the park 8 years before Ravine Flyer II.

Ray LaMontagne discography

LaMontagne was working at a shoe factory in Lewiston, Maine when he heard the song "Treetop Flyer" from Stephen Stills' Stills Alone album.

Shore Line Trolley Museum

The Shore Line Museum also owns two other trolley buses, ex-Philadelphia 210, identical to No. 205 (and acquired at the same time) and being used only as a source of parts, and ex-Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston-area) 4037, a 1976 Flyer E800 which the museum acquired in 2009 and which is also able to operate on the line.

Singapore Flyer

The Flyer featured in Big, Bigger, Biggest in an episode first aired in September 2009 which explored the engineering breakthroughs that have made it possible for Ferris wheels to grow ever larger.

Stephanie Davis

Steph Davis, American rock climber, BASE jumper and wingsuit flyer

Timex Sinclair 2048

According to an early Timex Sinclair 2000 computer flyer, it would be a cut-down TS2068 with 48 KB of RAM and advertised as a 48 KB memory machine (The TS2068 might have been called the 2072 because of the add of 24 KB ROM + 48 KB RAM = 72KB).


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