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Flying Spaghetti Monster
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of Pastafarianism, a satirical religion created in 2005 by Bobby Henderson in an open letter to the Kansas State Board of Education.
Flying Squad
Flying Squad: the Metropolitan Police's specialist armed-robbery detective unit, founded 1918, nicknamed the Sweeney; the name is also used by rapid-response police units in South Africa, Uganda, and Queensland.
Flying squirrel
Flying squirrels (tribe Pteromyini, family Sciuridae) are 48 gliding rodent species of Asia, Europe, and North America that glide on a patagium skin membrane, not powered flight, with glide ratios around 1.5 to 3.3.
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (龙门飞甲)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (龍門飛甲, Long Men Fei Jia) is Tsui Hark's 2011 3D wuxia film starring Jet Li, Zhou Xun, and Chen Kun; a reimagining of New Dragon Gate Inn set three years later, it was the first Chinese film shot entirely in 3D and the first Chinese-language IMAX 3D release.
Flying testbed
A flying testbed is an aircraft or helicopter converted or purpose-built for flight research on engines, rotors, or equipment, an airborne laboratory rather than a prototype.
Flying Tiger (飞虎之潜行极战)
Flying Tiger (飞虎之潜行极战, formerly 飞虎极战) is a 2018 30-episode Hong Kong police web drama by Shaw Brothers and Youku, starring Michael Miu and Bosco Wong, unrelated to TVB's earlier Flying Tiger series, with over 4 billion Youku views.
Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers: the American Volunteer Group (AVG), US pilots under Claire Chennault flying P-40s for China against Japan, 1941-1942; first combat December 20, 1941 over Kunming; disbanded July 4, 1942 into the 23d Fighter Group; distinct from the Flying Tiger Line cargo airline.
Flying white
Flying white (飞白书, feibaishu) is a Chinese calligraphic brush technique in which strokes contain streaks of white, traditionally attributed to the Han calligrapher Cai Yong.
Flying wing
A flying wing, also known as Nurflügel, is a tailless aircraft deriving lift and control entirely from its wing; Jack Northrop's 1940s bombers led to the B-2 stealth bomber.
Flying Without Wings
Flying Without Wings: 1999 pop ballad by Irish boy band Westlife, written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac. Third single from their debut album; UK number one, 1999 Record of the Year winner, later covered by Ruben Studdard (US number two).
Flyleaf (band)
Flyleaf is an American alternative metal band from Belton, Texas, formed in the early 2000s and known for the platinum 2005 debut featuring singer Lacey Sturm.
Flynas (طيران ناس)
Flynas, also known as National Air Services, is a Saudi low-cost airline based in Riyadh, founded in 2007 and flying to more than 80 destinations in 38 countries.
Flynn effect
The Flynn effect is the generational rise in IQ test scores of roughly three points per decade, documented by James R. Flynn in 1984; gains are not on g and have reversed in some Western countries since the mid-1970s peak.
Flynn Group
Flynn Group, formerly Flynn Restaurant Group, is a San Francisco franchise operator founded by Greg Flynn in 1999 and the largest franchise operator in the world.
Flynn Rider
Flynn Rider, real name Eugene Fitzherbert, is the charming thief and deuteragonist of Disney's Tangled (2010), voiced by Zachary Levi; Milo Manheim plays him in the 2028 live-action remake.
Flynn-Aird syndrome
Flynn-Aird syndrome (OMIM 136300, ORPHA:2047) is an ultra-rare autosomal dominant neuroectodermal disorder with childhood-onset deafness, retinitis pigmentosa, myopia, cataracts, dementia, ataxia, skin atrophy, and bone cysts, described in one family since 1965.
Flynt Schuring
Flynt Schuring (born 2006, De Bilt) is a Dutch racing driver, 2026 Porsche Junior, and 2026 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup champion with Schumacher CLRT, clinched at Zandvoort; brother of driver Morris Schuring.
FLYR
FLYR, also known as FLYR Labs, is a San Francisco travel technology company founded by Alex Mans in 2013 that sells AI revenue management software to airlines.
FlySafair
FlySafair is a South African low-cost airline owned by Safair Operations, part of ASL Aviation Holdings, which launched flights in 2014 and became the country's largest low-cost carrier.
Flysch
Flysch is a sedimentary facies of thin, regularly alternating sandstone, shale, and limestone beds deposited in deep marine basins during early mountain building; its turbidite record contrasts with molasse.
Flysch Surf Eskola
Flysch Surf Eskola (Flysch Surf) is a surf school in Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, on Itzurun beach. It teaches surf, bodyboard, and paddle surf, rents gear, and runs SUP trips on the flysch coast and Urola river.
Flyte
Flyte: open-source, Kubernetes-native workflow orchestration platform for ML and data pipelines, created at Lyft in 2016, open-sourced 2020, graduated LF AI & Data project; Flyte 2 is its pure-Python durable runtime.
Flyting
Flyting: medieval poetic insult duel, from Old Norse senna and Lokasenna to Scottish makars (Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, 1508), related to modern rap battle; distinct from Turkish karşılaşma.
Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel
The Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel, also designated Standard Flex 300, is a class of 14 multi-role warships built for Denmark between 1986 and 1996 around a modular payload system.
Flyweight
Flyweight, a 112 lb (50.802 kg) boxing weight class introduced in 1909 by London's National Sporting Club and contested at the Olympics since 1904; current major-title holders include Sergio Mendoza Cordova (WBA/WBC), Anthony Olascuaga (WBO), and Masamichi Yabuki (IBF).
Flywheel
A flywheel is a heavy rotating wheel that stores energy as rotational kinetic energy and resists speed changes, smoothing torque in machines and acting as a mechanical battery.
Flywheel energy storage
Flywheel energy storage, also known as a flywheel battery, stores electricity as rotational kinetic energy in a spinning rotor and converts it back through a motor-generator.
Flywheel Exchange, Inc.
Flywheel Exchange, Inc. is a Minneapolis-based medical imaging data company founded at Stanford University in 2015, whose platform organizes and shares imaging data for pharmaceutical companies, device makers, and academic medical centers.
Flywheel Sports
Flywheel Sports was a New York-based boutique indoor cycling studio chain founded in 2010, known for stadium seating and real-time performance tracking, that closed in 2020.
Flywire (company)
Flywire, formerly peerTransfer, is a Boston-based cross-border payments company founded by Iker Marcaide in 2009, which went public on the Nasdaq in May 2021 under the ticker FLYW.