In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington. About the Pilchuck Glass School from their websiteIn 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield. Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions ... About Dale Chihuly, a February 2006 article from The Stranger His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye.

When he leaves his calling card on the windshield of David Dunn's car, he is reflected in a glass frame in his art gallery.

Options included a speedometer, clock, and a full glass windshield.

These models have the larger windshield, rear window, door and quarter glass starting in 1971 ; and the rear window from 1965 to 1971 German built models was used on the Mexican models from 1972 to 1985, when it was replaced with the larger rear window used on 1972 and later German built Beetles.

The hardened glass shattered into many mostly harmless fragments when the windshield broke.

Automobile windshield displaying " spiderweb " cracking typical of laminated safety glass.

One of the options for the Japanese Domestic Market ( JDM ) CR-X was a glass roof, a fixed glass panel which stretched from the top of the windshield to the top of the hatch opening.

Subtle differences with the PV444 included the introduction of a curved one-piece windshield to replace the two panes of flat glass, larger taillights, and a ribbon-type speedometer.

New forward slanting front pillars with non-wraparound windshield glass were seen.

It was built on a Cadillac Sixty Special chassis and featured a dummy air-scoop, chrome trim around front wheel openings, and a one-piece windshield and rear glass.

Standard equipment included turn signals, bumper guards, stainless steel molfings, dual horns, cigarette lighter, front and rear floor mats, inside rearview mirror, foam rubber seat cushions, stainless steel rocker panel moldings, front seatback robe cord, spun glass hood insulation, rear window ventiplanes, electric clock, stainless steel wheel discs, custom cushion lounge seats front and rear, hand brake light, courtesy light package, padded dash, Deluxe steering wheel with horn ring, and windshield washer.

Some of the available 1969 options were a tilt-telescope steering wheel, instant horn, four season air conditioning with comfortron, tinted glass windshield, 6-way power seat, divided front seat with dual controls, power trunk release ( vacuum ), power door locks, power front disc brakes, AM-FM stereo radio, rear seat speaker, stereo tape player ( 8-track ), power operated antenna, door edge guards, cruise control, left outside remote control mirror, cornering lamps, anti-spin rear axle, vinyl roof, flo-thru ventilation, and safety sentinel.

When the glass roof is retracted, a small glass deflector above the windshield is raised to aid in aerodynamic stability.

The Barracuda used the Valiant's wheelbase and the Valiant hood, headlamp bezels, windshield, vent windows, quarter panels and bumpers ; all other sheetmetal and glass was new.

The Barracuda used the Valiant's wheelbase and the Valiant hood, headlamp bezels, windshield, vent windows, quarter panels and bumpers ; all other sheet metal and glass was new.

The door glass was operated by a totally new regulator mechanism, required to fit the much more radical tumblehome ( reduced side glass radius ), and the windshield was more steeply raked.

SunPass Mini, unlike its predecessor, must be mounted on the glass windshield of the vehicle to work properly and, once applied, generally cannot be removed from a windshield without destroying the pass-unless a delicate process making use of heat from a blow-dryer or the sun is used to loosen the adhesive before carefully removing the sticker and reapplying it to a different windshield after which the customer must update the vehicle description on the SunPass website.

The Sunpass Mini or E-Pass sticker can be used as a portable device, provided it is affixed to a small square of glass instead of a windshield.

Light from the sky is reflected by the windshield of the other car at an angle, making it mostly horizontally polarized.

* Manual lap belt with automatic motorized shoulder belt — When the door is opened, the shoulder belt moves from a fixed point near the seat back on a track mounted in the door frame of the car to a point at the other end of the track near the windshield.

Orin and Annette are chased, and Annette is killed when her truck slams into the back of a bigger vehicle, sending her into her truck's windshield.

He is credited with developments such as wide-track wheels, torque-box perimeter frame, recessed and articulated windshield wipers, the lane-change turn signal, overhead-cam six-cylinder engine, Endura bumper, and a variety of other cosmetic and structural design elements.

The Teddy that was used in filming sits in the windshield of the replica of Mr. Bean's mini that is on display at the National Motor Museum.

The Coandă effect is used in dual-pattern fluid dispensers in automobile windshield washers.

The principal damage sustained by aircraft flying into a volcanic ash cloud is abrasion to forward-facing surfaces, such as the windshield and leading edges of the wings, and accumulation of ash into surface openings, including engines.

Another source is windshield washer fluid.

With the windshield, Speed unwittingly brought trouble towards him, for a corporate gang, who is after Pops ' revolutionary designs for the engine, sabotages the race, putting Speed in peril.

It is distinguishable from the PV445 by its use of a single-piece curved windshield, which it shares with the PV544.

The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window.

The term windshield is used generally throughout North America.

In the UK, the terms are reversed, although generally, the foam screen is referred to as a microphone shield, and not a windshield.

A wiperless windshield is a windshield that uses a mechanism other than wipers to remove snow and rain from the windshield.

In the 1989 Bruce Willis movie In Country, Murray State is mentioned once and the old Racer logo can be seen in the windshield of a vehicle several times.

Certain sedans are edging close to being one-box vehicles, where the windshield is steeply raked from the hood / bonnet and the rear window slopes toward almost the end of the car, leaving just a short rear deck that is part of the trunk lid-the 2006 4-door JDM Honda Civic is an example of this.

The route of Makassar's pete-petes is denoted by the letter on the windshield.

The windshield is wrap-around and very deep and steeply inclined for the era, while the A-pillar has a much more vertical angle, providing excellent driver visibility.

At RKO, Linwood Dunn used a travelling matte to create " wipes " – where there were transitions like a windshield wiper in films such as Flying Down to Rio ( 1933 ).

He notes that for every cadaver used, each year 61 people survive due to wearing seat belts, 147 live due to air bags, and 68 survive windshield impact.

However, he says that a dent in the chrome above the windshield of the presidential limousine used that day vindicates the story told by John Connally that a first shot at President John F. Kennedy did not hit him.

A windscreen wiper or windshield wiper is a device used to remove rain and debris from a windscreen or windshield.

Although a tag can be used with a motorcycle, there are usually no official instructions given for mounting due to the numerous variations between bike designs and the small area of a motorcycle windshield which could prove a hindrance if the transponder is attached following automobile instructions.

This was the design solution ( similar to that adopted by other contemporary aircraft that used a forward raked windscreen ) to the problem of lighted control panel instruments reflecting off the windshield at night, but it turned out that the forward-sloping windshield would reflect ground lights instead, especially during landings, and it also increased drag slightly.

Instead of adopting the cleaner straight angled " A " pillar, Harley Earl pushed for a small curved switch back, used in 1961 – 62, at the outboard base of the windshield.

The early versions produced before 1967 used a split front windshield ( giving rise to the nickname " Splitty "), and their comparative rarity has led to their becoming sought after by collectors and enthusiasts.

Early engine coolant antifreeze was methanol ( methyl alcohol ), still used in windshield washer fluid.

The New Yorker used Chrysler's completely redesigned body with only the windshield showing traces of the previous Forward Look designs, although, under the skin, platform changes were near zero, with only a change from 12 " Total Contact to Bendix 11 " Duo-Servo brakes.

However, the Imperial still used the wrap-around windshield that had been dropped by most other makes for entry and exit room when they almost all simultaneously downsized in 1961.