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** A fishing fly that simulates the appearance of a land insect is referred to as a terrestrial fly.
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** The village of Gdingen had some 1, 200 inhabitants, and it was not a poor fishing village as it is sometimes described.
** Ryō Un Maru, a Japanese fishing boat washed away from her moorings after the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, and was deliberately sunk on 5 April 2012 after entering U. S. waters off the coast of Alaska.
** Places: Dornoch, Dornoch Bridge ( impressive road bridge, half a mile long ), Bonar Bridge, Kyle of Sutherland, Tain, Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness ( fishing village facing west to northwest on the east coast ).
** In anglerfish, the anterior of the dorsal fin is modified into an illicium and esca, a biological equivalent to a fishing rod and lure.
** Canarsie Pier is the latest in a series of recreational piers near this location, and remains popular as a picnic area and fishing spot on the north shore of the bay.
** Saltwater fishing boats vary widely in length and are once again specialized for various species of fish.
** Das Fischermädchen (" The fisher-maiden ": the singer tries to sweet-talk a fishing girl into a romantic encounter, drawing parallels between his heart and the sea )
** 26 October: The fishing boat Arthur operated by three Norwegians left Britain with seven British frogmen and two chariots hidden aboard.
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** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones.
** Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear after taking off from New Guinea during Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
** Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world, traveling in 7 days 18 hours 45 minutes.
** Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane, and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
** The character of Young Lucius is a much more important figure in the adaptation than in the play ; he is present throughout Act 1, he retrieves the murder weapon after the death of Mutius ; it is his knife which Titus uses to kill the fly ; he aids in the capture of Chiron and Demetrius ; he is present throughout the final scene.
** Allied aircraft begin a bombing campaign against Pantelleria, the first of 5, 285 sorties they will fly against the island before it is invaded on June 11.
** Allied aircraft begin a final period of heavy bombing of Pantelleria during the ten days prior to the scheduled invasion of the island, during which they will fly 3, 647 sorties.
** Six U. S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators take off from Attu to fly the 1, 300 miles ( 2, 093 km ) round-trip to attack the Japanese base at Paramushiro, in what would have been the first Allied air raid against the Kurile Islands ; however, they are diverted en route to join B-25 Mitchells in attacking a convoy of Japanese transports, suffering one aircraft damaged before returning to Attu.
** Allied transport aircraft carrying paratroopers from North Africa to Sicily again fly low in darkness over Allied ships and ground forces, and again come under friendly fire.
** U. S. Navy aircraft from the carriers,, and fly six strikes totalling 275 sorties against Marcus Island, destroying several Japanese Mitsubishi G4M ( Allied reporting name " Betty ") bombers on the ground in exchange for the loss of four American aircraft.
** The British escort carriers Attacker, Battler, Hunter, and Stalker fly off 26 Supermarine Seafires to operate from Paestum airfield in the Salerno beachhead, then withdraw to Palermo, Sicily, to refuel.
** Task Force 38 aircraft fly 1, 164 sorties in strikes on Formosa, the Pescadores, and the Sakishima Gunto, sinking five tankers and five other merchant ships and destroying two Japanese aircraft in the air and 104 on the ground.
** Task Force 38 aircraft conduct an early morning night strike against Formosa, sinking a large tanker in exchange for the loss of three U. S. aircraft, then fly 682 sorties during daylight hours to strike and conduct photographic reconnaissance missions against Okinawa, the Sakishima Gunto, Ie Shima, and Amami O Shima, destroying 28 Japanese aircraft, all on the ground.
** Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, a Boeing 727-251 chartered to fly to Buffalo, New York, to pick up the Baltimore Colts National Football League team, stalls and crashes near Haverstraw, New York, after icing disables its pitot tube, causing its flight crew to receive incorrect airspeed readings.
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