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Flyback diode
A flyback diode, also called a freewheeling diode, is a diode wired in reverse parallel across an inductive load to safely recirculate current at switch-off.
Flyback transformer
A flyback transformer is a gapped coupled inductor that stores energy while the primary switch is on and releases it to the output, providing isolation in low-power supplies.
FlyBase
FlyBase is a model organism database of genetic, molecular, and genomic data for the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, established in 1992 and serving as the primary online reference for Drosophila research.
Flyboys (film)
Flyboys (2006) is a Tony Bill war drama starring James Franco about the Lafayette Escadrille, American volunteers flying for France in World War I; MGM-distributed, $60M budget, $13.1M US gross, 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Flydubai
Flydubai, formally the Dubai Aviation Corporation, is a Dubai-based airline owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai. Launched in 2009, it flies an all-Boeing 737 fleet to more than 135 destinations.
Flydubai Flight 981
Flydubai Flight 981, also known as the Rostov Airport disaster, was a Boeing 737 flight from Dubai that crashed at Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on 19 March 2016, killing all 62 aboard.
FlyExpress (airline)
FlyExpress is a planned Indian regional airline based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that received a no-objection certificate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in December 2025 and has not yet begun commercial operations.
Flygod (album)
Flygod (FLYGOD) is Westside Gunn's debut studio album, released March 11, 2016 on Griselda Records/EMPIRE: 18 tracks, 58 minutes, Daringer-led corroded soul-sample production that founded the Griselda sound.
Flygon (フライゴン)
Flygon (フライゴン) is a Ground- and Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, nicknamed the elemental spirit of the desert for the sandstorm it creates.
Flying ace
A flying ace, also known as an air ace, is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft, a term originating in France during World War I.
Flying and gliding animals
Flying and gliding animals: powered flight evolved independently four times (insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats), while unpowered gliding arose many more times; key facts on wings, lift, size limits, and costs.
Flying boat
A flying boat is a seaplane whose boat-shaped fuselage rests on the water, unlike a floatplane on separate floats; the Curtiss NC-4 first crossed the Atlantic in 1919.
Flying buttress
The flying buttress, also known as the arc-boutant, is an exterior arched support carrying vault thrust away from a wall to a freestanding pier, allowing thinner walls and large Gothic cathedral windows.
Flying capacitor converter
The flying capacitor converter, also called the floating-capacitor or capacitor-clamped converter, is a multilevel power-electronic topology introduced in 1992 by T.A. Meynard and H. Foch in Toulouse, France.
Flying car
A flying car, or roadable aircraft, is a vehicle certified to drive on roads and fly as an airplane, a concept dating to 1917 that has never achieved commercial success.
Flying Cloud (clipper)
Flying Cloud was an American clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1851, best known for a record 89-day passage from New York to San Francisco.
Flying Cow Ranch
Flying Cow Ranch (飛牛牧場) is a leisure farm in Tongxiao, Miaoli County, Taiwan, founded in 1975 as the Central Youth Dairy Farm, opened to the public in 1995, covering about 50 hectares with dairy cows, butterflies, DIY activities, and Muslim-friendly dining.
Flying Dragon Commissioner
The Flying Dragon Commissioner (飛龍使) headed the Flying Dragon Stables, a Tang dynasty office that became a center of eunuch power from Emperor Xuanzong's reign onward.
Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman is the legendary Dutch ghost ship doomed to sail forever without port, chiefly around the Cape of Good Hope; first printed via Barrington and Howison, a likely mirage phenomenon, and famous through Wagner's 1843 opera.
Flying fish
Flying fish (Exocoetidae), about 50 Beloniformes species, glide over the sea on wing-like pectoral fins to escape predators; studied aerodynamically, first molecular phylogeny 2011, managed Caribbean fishery.
Flying geese paradigm
The flying geese paradigm, formulated by Japanese economist Kaname Akamatsu in the 1930s, describes catch-up industrialization through a sequence of imports, domestic production, and exports.
Flying Horse of Gansu
The Flying Horse of Gansu (铜奔马) is a Han-dynasty bronze horse with one hoof on a flying bird, unearthed in Wuwei in 1969 and China's tourism symbol.
Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) is a Los Angeles electronic producer and Warp artist, founder of Brainfeeder, grand-nephew of Alice Coltrane, creator of Cosmogramma, You're Dead!, Captain Murphy, and the films Kuso and Ash.
Flying Machine Arena
The Flying Machine Arena is an indoor aerial robotics test space at ETH Zurich, a netted 10 x 10 x 10 meter volume tracked by motion capture and run by Raffaello D'Andrea's institute.
Flying money (feiqian)
Flying money (飞钱, feiqian) was a Tang-dynasty remittance system in which merchants deposited cash in the capital and collected it elsewhere with matching tally halves.
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd in Christchurch, home of the Dunedin Sound and The Clean, The Chills, and The Verlaines, with 400+ releases.
Flying ointment
Flying ointment, or witches' ointment, an early modern European salve of nightshade plants with tropane alkaloids, allegedly giving witches flight to the sabbath; recorded from Hartlieb 1456 and della Porta, its actual use is disputed by historians.
Flying roller coaster
A flying roller coaster is a steel roller coaster that carries riders face-down and horizontal beneath or against the track, simulating the sensation of flight.
Flying saucer
Flying saucer: disc-shaped UFO label coined from Kenneth Arnold's June 24, 1947 Mount Rainier sighting; sparked Roswell, Air Force Projects Sign, Grudge, and Blue Book, and later NASA and AARO UAP studies finding no extraterrestrial evidence.
Flying shuttle
The flying shuttle, invented by John Kay in 1733, is a weaving mechanism that throws the shuttle across a loom, letting one weaver work twice as fast.