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Anticipating that the battle would continue into the evening, Stone requested that food, ammunition and water be airdropped directly onto Hill 677 and by 10: 30 the required supplies — including mortar ammunition — were dropped by four American C-119 Flying Boxcars flying from an airbase in Japan.
His trademark goal celebration of bellyflopping onto the ground has led to his nickname of the " Flying Finn ".
As the sailors grow they often move onto Flying Eleven ( dinghy ), 420 ( dinghy ) or laser dinghy.
* The expression " 16 Tons " was a recurring feature in Monty Python's Flying Circus-usually as a label on a large fake weight that would drop out of the sky onto one of the players.

Flying and creature
* Flying Batworm ( performed by Steve Whitmire )-Flying Batworm is a nocturnal creature that is also known as the Hairy-Chested Flying Batworm.
* Flying Creature ( 21 )-A fire-shooting Stork / Pteranodon creature with ram-like horns.
* Flying Gigan-A strange, flying creature that appears in the main titles.

Flying and allows
The flying syllabus of 31 sorties loosely follows Elementary Flying Training ( EFT ), and allows a student to do approximately ten to fifteen hours of flying per year.
Flying in a polar region during full sunlight allows more negligible altitude variations.
* Flying Toasters Pro: Updated version that allows you to select more than flying toasters and also has music
Bering Air, along with Grant Aviation, Frontier Flying Service, Northern Air Cargo, PenAir, and Ryan Air Services, participates in the Flying Can service, which allows rural Alaskan communities to recycle aluminum cans and now number 1 PET bottles in cooperation with Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling.
In Flying Blind, Schiavo describes how the FAA uses a formula ascribing specific monetary value to human lives, and how the agency allows numbers to decide whether the cost of extra safety is worth the additional expense ( e. g., if equipping an airline fleet with smoke detectors would cost $ 100 million, but would only save 10 lives each worth $ 1 million, then the expense is ruled out ).

Flying and attack
* 1944 – World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England.
* June 13 – WWII: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England.
Based primarily out of Rangoon, Burma and Kunming, Yunnan, Chennault's 1st American Volunteer Group ( AVG ) – better known as the " Flying Tigers " – began training in August 1941 and fought the Japanese for seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The USAAC confidentially predicted that the Norden would allow it to attack ships with ease, and designed their strategy around long-range bombers like the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress which would be able to counter any seaborne attack at long range.
It was this " Flying Artillery "— the tactic of using light artillery to attack then quickly move to another location and fire once more, developed by Major Samuel Ringgold — that won the battle for the Americans.
Trenchard defended Haig's policy of constant attack, arguing that it had been preferable to standing on the defensive and he also had maintained an offensive posture throughout the War which, like the infantry, had resulted in the Flying Corps taking dreadful casualties.
This was part of Operation Ratweek to attack the enemy withdrawal, and air reconnaissance had confirmed the presence of a strong concentration of armour and motor transport there, although he said the use of 50 ‘ Heavies ’ or Flying Fortresses did seem rather like taking a sledge-hammer to crack a walnut ..
No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, which had been based at Mustabig during the El Arish, Magdhaba operations, moved forward to west of El Arish to support this attack.
Flying out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, twenty-seven aircraft used 750 and 1, 000 pound bombs to attack a Viet Cong stronghold.
The Flying Tigers did not go into combat until after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
** Flying from Libya, U. S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators attack the Ploieşti oil refineries in Romania.
* September 8-9 ( overnight ) – American aircraft participate in a Bomber Command night raid for the first time, when five U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses join 257 British bombers in an attack on a German long-range gun position at Boulogne, France.
** 369 British bombers and five U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses make a very successful attack on the Dunlop Rubber factory at Montluçon, France, hitting every building and starting a large fire.
* September 16-17 – 340 British bombers and five U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses attack the railway yards at Modane, France, in an attempt to cut rail communications between France and Italy.
* October 4-5 ( overnight ) – 406 British bombers and three U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses attack Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and inflict the first serious damage on the city, hitting its eastern half and the docks on the River Main.
* December 10 – After a courageous attack against Japanese ships off the Philippines, U. S. Army Air Force Captain Colin Kelly, a B-17C Flying Fortress pilot, becomes one of the earliest American heroes of World War II when he stays at the controls of his stricken bomber long enough for his crew to escape and is killed when his plane explodes.
** 196 Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers escorted by 225 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters attack two German airfields in France with the loss of 12 B-17s and five P-47s.
* February 24 – 266 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U. S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force make a daylight attack on the ball bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany.
* May 6 – Four U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses attack the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō south of Bougainville, but do not damage her.
* April 26 – Second Lieutenant William Rhodes-Moorhouse of the Royal Flying Corpss No. 2 Squadron is mortally wounded while carrying out a bombing attack on a railway junction at Kortrijk, Belgium ; he dies the next day.
* November 13 – Flying a BE. 2c, Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander J. R. W. Smyth-Pigott makes a daring night bombing attack on a bridge of the Berlin-Constantinople railway over the Maritsa River at Kuleli Burgas in the Ottoman Empire from an altitude of 300 feet ( 91 meters ).
* On a single evening, 10 of the 16 Royal Flying Corps aircraft which take off to defend England against German air attack crash, killing three pilots.
* Command of all pilots, airplanes, and searchlights devoted to the defense of London from air attack is consolidated under a single commander – Major T. C. Higgins, the commanding officer of the Royal Flying Corpss No. 19 Reserve Squadron at Hounslow – for the first time.
In the initial attack against the British front west of St Quentin, the German Army Air Service has 1, 680 aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps ' 579.

Flying and flying
* Rods: Flying Absurdities-Do these invisible flying creatures really exist?
Flying discs are thrown and caught for free-form recreation and as part of many different flying disc games.
Flying rings are also available ; they typically travel significantly farther than any traditional flying disc.
In April 2012, the International Flying Car Association was established to be the " central resource center for information and communication between the flying car industry, news networks, governments, and those seeking further information worldwide.
* LaBiche Aerospace's LaBiche FSC-1 is a developmental prototype Flying Car and is an example of a practical flying car capable of utilizing today's automotive and aviation infrastructure to provide true " door-to-door " travel.
* Flying Car Reviews – pictures, specifications, and reviews of the leaders in the flying car industry
Flying spins include the flying camel, flying sit spin, death drop, and butterfly spin.
On 10 March 2011, it was revealed that Prince Harry had passed his Apache flying test and he was awarded his Apache Flying Badge on 14 April 2011.
Mihdhar and Hazmi took flight lessons on May 5, 2000 at the Sorbi Flying Club in San Diego, with Mihdhar flying an aircraft for 42 minutes.
On May 5, Hazmi and Mihdhar took a lesson for one hour, and additional lessons on May 10 at the Sorbi Flying Club, with Hazmi flying an aircraft for 30 minutes.
The LAA, formerly the Popular Flying Association or PFA, is the UK's body for amateur aircraft construction, and recreational & sport flying.
In 1911 the Royal Navy graduated its first aeroplane pilots at the Royal Aero Club flying ground at Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey under the tutelage of pioneer aviator George Bertram Cockburn, but in May 1912 naval and army aviation were combined to become the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ).
" Flying swing outs " and " flying circles " are Lindy Hop moves with tap footwork.
The task was made all the more dangerous with the arrival of additional German flying squadrons, including Manfred von Richthofen's highly experienced and well equipped Jasta 11, which led to sharp increase in Royal Flying Corps casualties.
Dubbed the " Flying Housewife ", " the flying Dutchmam ", and " Amazing Fanny " by the international press, she was welcomed back home in Amsterdam by an immense crowd.
All flying programs at the Academy are run by the 306th Flying Training Group, which reports to the Air Education and Training Command, ensuring uniformity of flight training with the rest of the Air Force.
To the south of the town lies Newtownards Airport, home of the Ulster Flying Club — Northern Ireland's largest, non-commercial training and flying organisation.
After flying B-17 combat missions from Great Britain and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC ), Hurlburt was assigned in mid-1943 to the First Proving Ground Electronics Test Unit at Eglin Field.
On 11 June 1952, the 3550th Training Wing was redesignated as the 3550th Flying Training Wing as ATC reorganized its flying training program under Flying Training or Crew Training Air Forces.
On 2 April 2001, the 479th FTG expanded to a second squadron with the activation of the 3d Flying Training Squadron, flying the T-6A Texan II.
* World War II flying ace Colonel Gregory " Pappy " Boyington was born in Coeur d ' Alene on December 4, 1912, and was a member of the AVG ( Flying Tigers ) and later the commander of the famous Black Sheep Squadron.
The Curtiss-Wright Flying Service operated a flying school at the airport.
In the novel Peter Wilkins and the Flying Indians, by Robert Paltock, these fictional flying Indians take off and land on suitable stretches of rivers called ' arkoes '.

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