Flyer

Flyer or flier may refer to:

• An aviator
• Flyer (pamphlet), a single page leaflet
• Flier (fish) (Centrarchus macropterus), a sunfish native to the Southern United States
• Memphis Flyer, a free weekly alternative newspaper
• Fast Low-Ionization Emission Region (FLIER), a poorly-understood structure in some planetary nebulae

Buildings and structures

• Singapore Flyer, world's tallest Ferris wheel
• Flyer, another name for a flying buttress

Music

• Flyer (album), by Nanci Griffith
• Flyer (Croatian band)

Sport

Norway

• Spektrum Flyers, an ice hockey team from Oslo

Switzerland

• Kloten Flyers, an ice hockey team from Kloten

UK

• Fife Flyers, an ice hockey team from Kirkcaldy, Scotland

USA

• Dayton Flyers, athletic team of the University of Dayton, Ohio
• Fort Worth Flyers, a basketball team from Fort Worth, Texas
• Orange County Flyers, a baseball team from Fullerton, California
• Philadelphia Flyers, an ice hockey team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Schaumburg Flyers, a baseball team from Schaumburg, Illinois
• Spokane Flyers (junior), an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
• Spokane Flyers (senior), an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington
• Waynflete Flyers, mascot of Waynflete School, Portland, Maine

Transport

Automobiles

• Flyer (automobile), manufactured by the Flyer Motor Car Company in Michigan, USA, from 1913 to 1914
• BYD Flyer, manufactured by BYD Auto in Shenzhen, China, since 2004
• Smith Flyer, manufactured by A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee, USA, from 1915 until about 1919
• Thomas Flyer, winner of the 1908 New York to Paris Race, manufactured by Thomas Motor Company in New York, USA

Aviation

• FLYER (magazine), a monthly UK aviation publication
• Abramovich Flyer, a biplane built by Vsevolod Abramovich in 1912
• Fisher Flyer, an 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
• Wright Flyer, world's first powered aircraft, built and flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903

Ships

• Flyer and Flyer II, yachts of Conny van Rietschoten with which he twice won the Whitbread Round the World Race
• Flyer (steamboat), a passenger ship which operated on Puget Sound from 1891 to 1930
• USNS Flyer (T-AG-178), a cargo ship launched in 1944
• USS Flier (SS-250), a submarine launched in 1943

Trains

Australia

• Newcastle Flyer, an express passenger service connecting Newcastle and Sydney from 1929 to 1988

New Zealand

• Kingston Flyer, a vintage steam service begun in 1982
• Kingston Flyer (train), an express passenger service operated between the 1890s and 1957
• Taranaki Flyer, a passenger service between New Plymouth and Wanganui which ended in 1959

USA

• Century Flyer, an historic narrow gauge train
• 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

See also

• American Flyer, a toy train and model railroad brand