Flyer Explained
Flyer or flier may refer to:
Common meanings
Arts and entertainment
Military uses
- , an American World War II submarine
- General Dynamics Flyer, an Advanced Light Strike Vehicle platform in development for the US military
People
Science and technology
Sports
Ice hockey
- Philadelphia Flyers, a National Hockey League team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Pensacola Ice Flyers, an ice hockey team from Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Spokane Flyers (senior), an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington, United States
- Spokane Flyers (junior), an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
- Fife Flyers, an ice hockey team from Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Kloten Flyers, an ice hockey team from Kloten, Switzerland
- Spektrum Flyers, an ice hockey team from Oslo, Norway
Baseball
School teams
Other sports
Transportation
Automobiles
- Flyer (1913 automobile), manufactured by the Flyer Motor Car Company in Michigan, United States, from 1913 to 1914
- Alpena Flyer, an American automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1914 in Alpena, Michigan
- BYD Flyer, manufactured by BYD Auto in Shenzhen, China, since 2004
- Smith Flyer, manufactured by A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee, United States, from 1915 until about 1919
- Thomas Flyer, manufactured by Thomas Motor Company
Aviation
- Wright Flyer, the first powered aircraft, built and flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903
- Abramovich Flyer, a biplane built by Vsevolod Abramovich in 1912
- Fisher Flyer, a single-engined ultralight biplane built by Michael Fisher in 1980
- Kolb Flyer, a twin-engined ultralight monoplane produced in kit form by Kolb Aircraft from 1980 to 1982
- Pfitzner Flyer, a monoplane designed by Alexander Pfitzner in 1909
- Flyer Indústria Aeronáutica, a Brazilian manufacturer of ultralight aircraft
- Flyer F600 NG, an ultralight aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer Flyer Industria Aeronáutica Ltda.
- FLYER (magazine), a monthly UK aviation publication
Ships
- Flyer (yacht), with which Conny van Rietschoten won the 1977–1978 Whitbread Round the World Race
- Flyer II (yacht), with which Conny van Rietschoten won the 1981–1982 Whitbread Round the World Race
- Flyer (steamboat), a passenger ship which operated on Puget Sound from 1891 to 1930
- USNS Flyer, a cargo ship launched in 1944
Trains
Australia
- Newcastle Flyer, an express passenger service connecting Newcastle and Sydney from 1929 to 1988
New Zealand
United States
- Century Flyer, an historic narrow-gauge train
- Berkshire Flyer, a seasonal Amtrak passenger train service between New York City and the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Champlain Flyer, a commuter service connecting Burlington, Shelburne, and Charlotte, in Vermont, from 2000 to 2003
- Heartland Flyer, a passenger train between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, begun in 1999
- Valley Flyer, a passenger service between Bakersfield and Oakland, in California, from 1939 to 1942
Buses
Other uses
- Flier (fish) (Centrarchus macropterus), a sunfish native to the southern United States
- Memphis Flyer, a free weekly alternative newspaper
- Filmotype Flyer, typeface produced by Filmotype
- Flyer, one of the two components of a flying buttress
- Flyer, a U-shaped mechanism in a spinning wheel, invented in the late 15th century
- Flyer, a female kangaroo
See also
