one is doing. Speed flying, or speed riding, is the separate sport of flying paragliders of a reduced size. These wings have increased speed, though they...

to have created the pedal bicycle in Paris in 1863. He had seen someone riding a draisine in 1862 then originally came up with the idea to add pedals to...

The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation...

Flying ointment is a hallucinogenic ointment said to have been used by witches in the practice of European witchcraft from at least as far back as the...

to the next round) Wave Riding (where performance is judged on wave selection and performance of manoeuvres on the wave) Speed (with performance measured...

allowed the driver to select one of five heights: normal riding height, two slightly higher-riding heights for poor terrain, and two extreme positions for...

breeds, many Icelandic horses can also do the tölt (ambling gait) and the flying pace. The only breed of horse in Iceland, the Icelandic is also popular...

(US) A form of the canter seen in western riding; a three beat gait, performed at a relatively slow speed.: 131  loriner (UK) A maker of metal parts...

Connecticut: Flying Machines Press, 1999. ISBN 0-7643-1626-5. Preußen, Kriegsministerium, Geheime Kriegs-Kanzlei. Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee und des...

rotational speed of wheels. There are four main components of ABS: wheel speed sensors, valves, a pump, and a controller. Speed sensors (Encoders) A speed sensor...

tonnes on one axle 10a: Speed limit (allowed maximum speed) 10b: End of speed limit 11: End of overtaking-restriction & speed limit 11a: Zone limitation...

21 kW (29 PS) at 17,000 rpm. It could even reach speeds of up to 25,000 rpm. However, these engine speeds distorted the outer rotor's shape, thus proving...

the same end as their driven axle, omitting a length-wise drive shaft, riding on exactly the same 2,400 mm (94.5 in) wheelbase, and using a platform chassis...

Bon, and Hervé Cerutti aspire to integrate climbing, flying, and skiing in the sport of Speed Riding. The athletes challenge the mountains of the French...

involving rides that are similar. For some, the adrenaline associated with riding amusement rides is part of the experience. They are common at most annual...

important role in the history of aviation and spaceflight: Various land speed records were achieved, and the world's first rocket-powered flights were...

premises, by Philip Vincent in May 1928. HRD was founded by the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) pilot, Howard Raymond Davies, who was shot down and captured...

) After successfully testing a Ticka watch camera on a train and whilst riding a sled, Neubronner began the development of a light miniature camera that...

broke another record, for distance in a straight line without landing, flying 1,678 km (1,043 mi) from Tunis in Tunisia to Mersa Matroh in Egypt in the...

p. 6. Mannhardt, Wald- und Feldkulte: Band II, p. 155. Mannhardt, Wald- und Feldkulte: Band II, p. 172. Mannhardt, Wald- und Feldkulte: Band II, p. 173...

be a good way for a flying machine to turn – to "bank" or "lean" into the turn just like a bird – and just like a person riding a bicycle, an experience...

action for promoting more and safer cycling in cities around the world. When riding together through inner cities, cyclists draw attention to cycling as a form...

a medical student in Berlin, she enrolled in a German Air Mail amateur flying school for powered aircraft at Staaken, training in a Klemm Kl 25. In 1933...

down the slopes to gain speed and lift off. They trained many of the first kite flying pioneers who later founded their own flying schools. Almost everywhere...

Girls und Panzer is a 2012 Japanese anime series produced by Actas. The series takes place in a world where girls take up sensha-dō (戦車道, lit. "the way...

controls steering or speed autonomously in specific circumstances. 2: Partial automation, the vehicle controls both steering and speed autonomously in specific...

Europe. Towards the end of the steam era, a longstanding British emphasis on speed culminated in a record, still unbroken, of 126 miles per hour (203 kilometres...

be carried out outside (like the aforementioned biathlon contest or riding a speed boat in the Cologne harbor). The first game awarded one point, the second...

needed] In Welsh folklore, Gwyn ap Nudd was depicted as a wild huntsman riding a demon horse who hunts souls at night along with a pack of white-bodied...

Birthday Party, Tweety, Famous Studios is founded 1943 – Droopy, Red Hot Riding Hood, Little Lulu, Victory Through Air Power, Chip n' Dale, Kumo to Tulip...