Die Frist ist um, und wiederum verstrichen sind sieben Jahr, the Maestro quoted The Flying Dutchman, as he told of his career and wanderings, explaining that the number seven had significantly recurred in his life several times.

* The Flying Dutchman ( 1993, L ' Opéra de la Bastille )

* The Flying Dutchman ( 2002, DomStufen Festspiele Erfurt )

The Flying Dutchman ( Der fliegende Holländer ) is an opera, with music and libretto by Richard Wagner.

Wagner claimed in his 1870 autobiography Mein Leben that he had been inspired to write The Flying Dutchman following a stormy sea crossing he made from Riga to London in July and August 1839.

Wagner hit on the idea of a one-act opera on the theme of the Flying Dutchman, which he hoped might be performed before a ballet at the Opéra.

" The voyage through the Norwegian reefs made a wonderful impression on my imagination ; the legend of the Flying Dutchman, which the sailors verified, took on a distinctive, strange colouring that only my sea adventures could have given it.

In 1969 Appleton's first recordings were published ( Appleton Syntonic Menageire and Human Music – the latter in collaboration with jazz musician Don Cherry – on the Flying Dutchman label, produced by Bob Thiele.

* Appleton Syntonic Menagerie ( Flying Dutchman Records, 1969 )

The poem may also have been inspired by the legends of the Wandering Jew, who was forced to wander the earth until Judgement Day for taunting Jesus on the day of the Crucifixion, and of the Flying Dutchman.

** Flying Dutchman

The Cape of Good Hope is the legendary home of The Flying Dutchman.

Between Melbourne and Sydney, Dalton recorded a sighting of the Flying Dutchman, a mythical ghost ship.

* The Flying Dutchman ( 2001 )

Garraty compares Olson's demeanor to that of the Flying Dutchman as he is manned even when " the entire crew is dead ".

** Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner

Tradition has it that Terneuzen was once the home of the legendary Flying Dutchman, Van der Decken, a captain who cursed God and was condemned to sail the seas forever, as described in the Frederick Marryat novel The Phantom Ship and the Richard Wagner opera The Flying Dutchman.

* Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ( 1951 )

When Will Turner takes over as captain of the Flying Dutchman, the crew reverts to their human forms as Turner stays true to his purpose while his wife Elizabeth dutifully waits for him after his ten years.

There are clear echoes of the Wandering Jew in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, whose plot line is adapted from a story by Heinrich Heine in which the Dutchman is referred to as ' the Wandering Jew of the ocean ', and his final opera Parsifal features a woman called Kundry who is in some ways a female version of the Wandering Jew.

* 1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

However, Sheila is captured by a Flying Deadite, and later transformed into a Deadite.

The B-17 Flying Fortress is a heavy bomber from World War II.

In Britain rhyming slang had a resurgence of popular interest beginning in the 1970s resulting from its use in a number of London-based television programmes such as Steptoe and Son, Mind Your Language, The Sweeney ( the title of which is itself rhyming slang —" Sweeney Todd " for " Flying Squad ", a rapid response unit of London ’ s Metropolitan Police ), Minder, Citizen Smith, Only Fools and Horses, and EastEnders.

Flying cars fall into one of two styles ; integrated ( all the pieces can be carried in the vehicle ), or modular ( the aeronautical sections are left at the airport when the vehicle is driven ).

* 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.

Another character, " Eccar the Man ", is mentioned in the Niven / Gerrold collaboration The Flying Sorcerers.

In a recent interview with American Songwriter Chris Hillman explained that, “ The greatest legacy of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram is we were the alternative country band.

The territory has nevertheless maintained a Government Flying Service, formerly the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force, that is responsible for search and rescue operations, air ambulance services, and other air services for the Hong Kong Government.

A modern haggis variant often served in higher class restaurants is the " Flying Scotsman ", which is chicken breast stuffed with haggis.

FAA's Instrument Flying Handbook defines IFR as: " Rules and regulations established by the FAA to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe.

* The Flying Sorcerers ( 1971, with David Gerrold ), previously serialised as " The Misspelled Magishun ", includes portraits of other SF authors — e. g. the lead character name becomes translated into the local language as " As a color, shade of purple-gray " ( or Purple for short ), that is, " As-A-Mauve "

The Legion of Merit is sixth in the order of precedence of U. S. Military awards and is worn after the Defense Superior Service Medal and before the Distinguished Flying Cross.

The " Dead Parrot Sketch ", alternatively and originally known as the " Pet Shop Sketch " or " Parrot Sketch ", is a popular sketch or one act from Monty Python's Flying Circus, and one of the most famous in the history of British television comedy.

Michael Palin ( left ) and John Cleese ( right ) of Monty Python performing the Cheese Shop sketch. The Cheese Shop is a well-known sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

" The Funniest Joke in the World " is the title most frequently used for written references to a Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy sketch, which is also known by two other phrases that appear within it, " Joke Warfare " and " Killer Joke ", the latter being the most commonly spoken title used to refer to it.

" The Spanish Inquisition " is a series of sketches in Monty Python's Flying Circus, Series 2 Episode 2, first broadcast 22 September 1970, parodying the real-life Spanish Inquisition.

* 1912 – The Royal Flying Corps ( now the Royal Air Force ) is established in the United Kingdom.

The final track of the 2004 album La Increíble Aventura ( The Incredible Adventure ) by Spanish band Migala is called " Lecciones de Vuelo con Mathias Rust " (" Flying Lessons With Mathias Rust ").

The connection between space flight and freedom is clearly ( as is stated explicitly in some of the stories ) an extension of the nineteenth-century American concept of the Frontier, where malcontents can advance further and claim some new land, and pioneers either bring life to barren asteroids ( as in Tales of the Flying Mountains ) or settle on Earth-like planets teeming with life, but not intelligent forms ( such as New Europe in Star Fox ).

* Suzaku, a character in the Flying Dragon universe

Examples of recurring characters include Mr. Gumby from Monty Python's Flying Circus ; Ted and Ralph from The Fast Show ; the Head Crusher from The Kids in the Hall ; Martin Short's Ed Grimley, a recurring character from both SCTV and Saturday Night Live ; and Kevin and Perry from Harry Enfield and Chums.

* In the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a surrealist-comic courtroom scene featured Michael Palin playing Cardinal Richelieu as a character witness for the defendant ; the character was subsequently shown to be a Cardinal Richelieu impersonator.

Marvin was never named in the original shorts ( though he was called the Commander of Flying Saucer X-2 in The Hasty Hare in 1952 ), but decades later when the character attracted merchandising interest, the current name was selected.

Another example is in George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying, in which the central character Gordon Comstock's collection of poetry was reviewed by the " Times Lit.

* The Flying Dutchman character quotes the last 12 lines as he looks towards the sea in the movie, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.

The fictional cartoon character Dick Dastardly in the Hanna-Barbera 1960s series Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines was inspired by both Terry-Thomas ( as Dick Dastardly ) and Jack Lemmon ( as Muttley the dog ).

His ability to answer questions on many varied subjects led to an offhand reference in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus where one character states that " He knows everything.

For the latter, he played the character Dick Dastardly in multiple series ( notably Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines ); Clyde and Softy on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ; and Fleegle on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and Gargamel on The Smurfs.

The Flying Men are inhabitants of Magicant, and assist the player as a supporting character in gameplay.

However, it was rumored that the original film was slated to be some 20 minutes longer, with critical character building of the five main characters ( Nameless, Broken Sword, Flying Snow, Long Sky and the future Emperor of Qin ).

In the 1951 war film Flying Leathernecks, John Wayne's character was stationed in Goleta.

Wendt has since appeared as himself on Seinfeld and has reprised the character Norm Peterson on the The Simpsons episode " Fear of Flying ", two episodes of Family Guy " Road to Rupert " and " Three Kings " as well as the Frasier episode " Cheerful Goodbyes ".

Later he worked with Marilyn Mayo as co-host of a children's breakfast TV programme, The Super Flying Fun Show, playing a wacky character named ' Caretaker Clot ', an extension of his Kaper Kops role.

When Hull left The Super Flying Fun Show and Australia, a duplicate of Emu was made so the character could continue on the show, much to Hull's annoyance, and comedian Marty Morton took over Hull's co-hosting position in Australia.

He appeared as an animated character ( voiced by Ratzenberger ) in The Simpsons episode " Fear of Flying ".

John Wayne based his character on Hill in the movie " Flying Tigers ".

Richard Wagner's opera, The Flying Dutchman ( 1843 ) is adapted from an episode in Heinrich Heine's satirical novel The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski ( Aus den Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelewopski ) ( 1833 ), in which a character attends a theatrical performance of The Flying Dutchman in Amsterdam.

He later changed the title to " Der Fligente Hollander " ( The Flying Dutchman ), making the character conform better to earlier traditions.