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1Flying Matters — is a pro aviation coalition in the United Kingdom. Members include tourist organisations, airlines, aerospace manufacturers, trade associations, airport operators, growers and others. Formed in June 2007, they have issued briefings, press… …
2Close Encounters of the Third Kind — For the concept from which this film derives its name, see Close encounter. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Theatrical release poster Directed by …
3Close air support — A Boeing AH 64 Apache attack helicopter provides close air support to United States Army soldiers patrolling the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad, Iraq during the Iraq War In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as air action by… …
4Close encounter — For the films, see Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Fourth Kind. In ufology, a close encounter is an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it was… …
5Flying ace — For other uses, see Flying Ace (disambiguation) Flying ace The first ace , Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud being awarded the Croix de guerre. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during… …
6Flying Imams controversy — The Flying Imams controversy (sometimes humorously referred to as sheiks on a plane, [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12352772 Amendment Aims to Protect Terrorism Tipsters] (audio)] a reference to the movie Snakes on a… …
7Flying Squad — The Flying Squad is a branch of London s Metropolitan Police Service. It was formed in 1919, as the Mobile Patrol Experiment A branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in response to a crime wave that followed the end of World War… …
8flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps. [1605 15] * * * Any member of two distinct groups of rodents that are able… …
9Flying toilet — A flying toilet is a facetious name for the use of plastic bags for defecation, which are then thrown into ditches, on the roadside, or simply as far away as possible. Flying toilets are particularly associated with slums surrounding Nairobi,… …
10Flying guillotine (weapon) — The flying guillotine (zh cpl|c=血滴子|p=Xuèdī zǐ|l=Blood dripper) is a legendary Chinese weapon used in the Qing Dynasty in the Yongzheng era. Etymology, history and descriptionThis weapon supposedly hails from the time of the Yongzheng Emperor… …
