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    A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew...
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    Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight...
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    pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as...
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  • The No Fly List, maintained by the United States federal government's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), is one of several lists included in algorithmic...
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    A fly crew is a group of people who are in charge of maintaining and operating the fly system during theatre production. A member of a fly crew is also...
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  • Frank Fly, a video game boss from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System EarthBound Human Fly (comics) or The Fly, a Marvel Comics character Fly (1970...
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  • computer's memory. Switching programs or applications on the fly in multi-tasking operating systems means the ability to switch between native and/or emulated...
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  • stagehand work area. Wings also contain technical equipment, such as the fly system. In the dressing room there is a makeup bench, chairs and mirrors. The...
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  • Fly by wire, Fly-by-wire or Fly by Wire may refer to: Fly-by-wire (FBW), electronic flight control system Fly by Wire (album), an album by Someone Still...
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    DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8. Matthew Dillon, an Amiga developer in the late 1980s and early...
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    Amanita muscaria (redirect from Fly agaric)
    Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted...
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    Theater drapes and stage curtains (category Fly system)
    drapes are typically suspended from battens and can be controlled by a fly system (i.e., they are "flown," in theater terminology). When a drape is flown...
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    Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying...
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    Parker Fly was a model of electric guitar built by Parker Guitars. It was designed by Ken Parker and Larry Fishman, and first produced in 1993. The Fly is...
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    Batten (theater) (category Fly system)
    lowered to the stage (flown in) or raised into a fly tower above the stage (flown out) by a fly system. An electric is a batten that incorporates electrical...
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  • The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century...
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  • To Fly! is a 1976 American short docudrama film directed by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman of MacGillivray Freeman Films, who wrote the story with...
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    Traveler curtain (redirect from Fly curtain)
    style curtains can also be raised and lowered by a fly system, in which case they are referred to as fly curtains or, less frequently, guillotine curtains...
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  • Fly! is a flight simulator video game for Windows and Macintosh developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers. It includes simulation...
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    in a large delta. The Fly–Strickland River system has a total length of 1,220 km (760 mi), making it the longest river system of an island in the world...
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    African continent as well as the Arabian Peninsula. Tsetse without the "fly" has become more common in English, particularly in the scientific and development...
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    sandbags. The supporting grid in the fly loft was constructed of heavy wood timbers. Stagehands operated that fly system from a gallery located stage right...
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    rope systems, which are manually operated by stagehands, are known as hemp houses. They have been largely supplanted by counterweight fly systems. The...
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  • oxygen supply, permit the bird to fly. The development of a beak has led to evolution of a specially adapted digestive system. Birds have many bones that are...
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    The film series of The Fly is a sequence of science fiction-horror films, consisting of an original series started in 1958 and a remake series made in...
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  • The FireFly Acoustic Threat Detection System is a system for detecting hostile fire. It has been developed jointly by the US Army Aviation and Missile...
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    Lonicera xylosteum, commonly known as fly honeysuckle, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle or fly woodbine is a deciduous shrub. The glossy red...
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  • "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the fourth track from the band's fifth studio album, Americana (1998)...
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  • similar to a fly system lifts seats into the projection of a film to create the illusion of flight. The other version uses a motion system-based platform...
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  • States via its Internet-based reservation system, known as the Park 'N Fly Network. The trademark "Park 'N Fly" has been registered by the company. This...
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