* 1967 – The first Boeing 737 ( a 100 series ) makes its maiden flight.

He is not aware of all of his powers at the start of the show ; for instance, his heat vision and super breath do not develop until seasons two and six, respectively, and his power of flight did not emerge until the series finale, up until that point the power appeared only in a few rare cases, such as when he was temporarily're-programmed ' to assume a Kryptonian persona or when he was trapped in a virtual reality.

The more famous ones include the " bamboo-copter " ( very similar to the ones that appears on the older series of Beany and Cecil ), a small head accessory that allows flight ; the " Anywhere Door ", a door that opens up to any place the user wishes ; and the " Time Machine ".

The Airbus series of airliners used full-authority FBW controls beginning with their A320 series, see A320 flight control ( though some limited FBW functions existed on A310 ).

* 1954 – First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.

A series of normal leg spinners or topspinners, with their dropping looping flight, will have the batsman used to the ball pitching on a shorter length.

In the episode " Requiem ", The Smoking Man is believed to be killed after being pushed down a flight of stairs by Alex Krycek until the series finale " The Truth ", where Mulder and Scully travel through remote New Mexico and reach a pueblo where a " wise man " reputedly lives and is revealed to be the Smoking Man.

In 2001, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gagarin's flight, a series of four coins bearing his likeness was issued in Russia: 2 ruble coin ( copper-nickel ), 3 ruble coin ( silver ), 10 ruble coin ( brass-copper, nickel ), and 100 ruble coin ( silver ).

* April 9 – The first Boeing 737 ( a 100 series ) takes its maiden flight.

** The maiden flight of the Boeing 367-80 ( or Dash 80 ), prototype of the Boeing 707 series.

The final engine in this series was the XE, designed with flight design hardware and fired in a downward position into a low-pressure chamber to simulate a vacuum.

After approval by inspectors, the plane is put through a series of flight tests to assure that all systems are working correctly and that the plane handles properly.

However, the A-wing appears in several Expanded Universe works set before or during the events of A New Hope, including the X-Wing flight simulator and the Droids cartoon series.

A. Martin & Ken Wells, " Prototypes: The History of the IMSA GTP Series " – team by team account of various racing teams and manufacturers that competed in the top flight IMSA series.

By the mid 1980s, top gymnasts routinely performed flight series and multiple aerial elements on beam.

* Ace Combat, a series of combat flight simulator games

In November 2006, the National Geographic Channel aired episode two of the Undiscovered History series about a claim that Earhart survived the world flight, moved to New Jersey, changed her name, remarried and became Irene Craigmile Bolam.

His first months were marred by a series of embarrassing losses and an early exit from the cup, but with a late-season return to form the team held on to its place in the top flight and finishing third in the Champions League Group Stage, qualifying them for the UEFA Cup.

The first of the new series, Ranger 6, had a flawless flight, except that the television system was disabled by an in-flight accident and could take no pictures.

This flight was the final flight of the second generation of the Luna series.

James Paine's Shrubland Park was remodeled in ( 1849 – 54 ) with its Italianate tower, entrance porch, the lower hall with Corinthian columns and glass domes and the impressive formal gardens based on Italian Renaissance gardens, including a 70 foot high series of terraces linked by a grand flight of steps linking terraces, with an open temple structure at the top, originally there were cascades of water either side of the staircase, the main terrace is at the center of a string of gardens nearly a mile in length.

Experimental flights had been made across the North Atlantic pre-war by Empire flying-boats with improved fuel capacity, some using in flight refuelling, but the final series of mail / courier flights was made by BOAC's ' Clare ' and ' Clyde ' to La Guardia in camouflage during the Battle of Britain.

A series of 38 flight tests commenced with generally favourable results, but the engine still lagged.

Pauling's estimate of 200 megatons yield from the present series of Russian tests will probably turn out to be too high, but a total of 100 megatons is a distinct possibility.

If the new Soviet series has followed the general pattern of previous Russian tests, the shots were roughly half fission and half fusion, meaning a fission yield of 30 to 40 megatons thus far.

The second great dilemma has been the morality of nuclear testing, a dilemma which has suddenly become acute because of the present series of Soviet tests.

A series of eight special tests were conducted at different rotor speeds to determine the oxygen transfer rate.

The Lions did however lose the first three tests to South Africa, winning the last one, though the series had already been won by the Springboks.

A formal neurological examination runs through a precisely delineated series of tests, beginning with tests for basic sensorimotor reflexes, and culminating with tests for sophisticated use of language.

Once the High Lamas have found the home and the boy they believe to be the reincarnation, the boy undergoes a series of tests to affirm the rebirth.

Eisenhower openly threatened the Chinese with use of nuclear weapons, authorizing a series of bomb tests labeled Operation Teapot ; nevertheless, he left the Chinese communists guessing as to the exact nature of his nuclear response.

For series involving amateur detectives, their frequent encounters with crime often tests the limits of plausibility.

Explosive power or performance is evaluated by a tailored series of tests to assess the material for its intended use.

To identify different genera of Enterobacteriaceae, a microbiologist may run a series of tests in the lab.

Between the second and third tests, the one-day tournament continued, now with Cronje as captain, South Africa made the final series but lost it 2-1 to Australia.

However, he failed to reach fifty in the next two tests and four ODIs as both series were drawn.

In June 1981, the Army awarded AM General a contract for development of several more prototype vehicles to be delivered to the U. S. government for another series of tests, and the company was later awarded the initial production contract for 55, 000 HMMWVs to be delivered in 1985.

Coué's method did not emphasise " sleep " or deep relaxation and instead focused upon autosuggestion involving a specific series of suggestion tests.

Secondly, they strongly encourage the exclusion of confusable diseases through an extensive and expensive series of tests including ( A ) a medical history and physical exam, ( B ) a dipstick urinalysis, various urine cultures, and a serum PSA in men over 40, ( C ) flowmetry and post-void residual urine volume by ultrasound scanning and ( D ) cystoscopy.

There were also several nuclear test missiles that were launched from Johnston Island in 1962 during the " Operation Dominic " series of nuclear tests, from a launchpad at.

Lex collects Superman and subjects him to a series of tests to ascertain his strengths and weaknesses.

In 1956 the United Kingdom selected Malden as the " instrumentation site " for its first series of thermonuclear ( H-bomb ) weapons tests, based at Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ).

* 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.

Your doctor may also run a series of tests that include blood work and MRIs.

The neurologist or a neuromuscular specialist may run a series of more specialized tests, including EMG / NCS ( this is one of the most important tests ), chest CT ( to rule out paraneoplastic ) and specific blood work looking for voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies, acethlocholine receptor antibody, and serum immunofixation, TSH, ANA ESR, EEG etc.