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Flying Fox Pass Flying Fox Pass is a locality in the Budderoo National Park, in New South Wales, Australia. Overlooking the Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Flying Fox Pass is so named as it was the sight of a Flying Fox used to transport valuable timber from the valley to the roads and rail to the north.
Flying Geese Paradigm The Flying Geese Paradigm is a view of Japanese scholars upon the technological development in Southeast Asia viewing Japan as a leading power. It was developed in the 1930s, but gained wider popularity in the 1960s after its author Kaname Akamatsu published his ideas in Journal of Developing Economies.
Flying Heavy Metal Flying Heavy metal is a 5-part television series produced by Ricochet and broadcast (in the UK) and Europe on the Discovery Channel and subsequently repeated on Discovery Wings. It is presented by commercial Boeing 757 pilot and Iron Maiden frontman, Bruce Dickinson.
Flying Horse Walk The Flying Horse Walk is an elegant shopping arcade located at the heart of Nottingham City Centre in Nottingham, England. The arcade houses a variety of exclusive boutiques and is tucked away just off the city's Old Market Square on The Poultry.
Flying change The flying change is a movement performed by a horse in which he changes leads at the canter. It is often seen in dressage, where the horse may do several changes at once (tempi changes), in reining as part of the pattern, or in jumping events, where a horse will change lead as it changes direction on the course.
Flying Childers Stakes The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at Doncaster Racecourse during the St Leger meeting in September.
Flying Imams controversy The Flying Imams controversy is a controversy concerning the removal of six Muslim imams from US Airways Flight 300, from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Phoenix, Arizona, at 6:30 PM on November 20, 2006. The removal of the imams was initiated when several passengers, as well as crew, became alarmed by what they felt was suspicious behavior.
Flying J Flying J Inc. is a privately held corporation engaged in hospitality and other highway-related products and services -- primarily truck stops, or "travel plazas" -- operated under the "Flying J" brand.
Flying Lab Software Flying Lab Software is a Seattle, Washington based computer game developer established in 1997 by developers Russell Williams and Paul Canniff. The company's first game was the critically acclaimed Rails Across America, released in 2001.
Flying Legends The Flying Legends airshow features only warbird and vintage aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane and P-51 Mustang. It is held at Duxford in Cambridgeshire in England at the beginning of July every year.
Flying mouse The flying mice, also known as the pygmy scaly-tails, pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrels, or pygmy anomalures are not mice, not squirrels, and are not capable of true flight. These unusual rodents are essentially miniaturized versions of anomalures and are part of the same sub-Saharan African radiation of gliding mammal.
Flying Mice LLC Flying Mice LLC is a company owned and operated by Clash Bowley based in Boston, United States, in the business of creating roleplaying games. Its flagship product is Starcluster, a hard space opera science-fiction setting in a cluster of 117 systems after the Earth's sun had gone supernova.
Flying ointment Flying ointment, also known as witches' flying ointment, green ointment, magic salve and lycanthropic ointment, is a hallucinogenic ointment said to be used by witches in the Early Modern period (first described by Johannes Hartlieb in 1456).
Flying Officer Flying Officer (Fg Off in the RAF; FLGOFF in the RAAF; FGOFF in the RNZAF; F/O in the former RCAF and frequently in the RAF) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above Pilot Officer and immediately below Flight Lieutenant.
Flying pig A flying pig is a symbol of an impossible event coming to pass. The popular saying "[it will happen] when pigs fly" (or "when pigs have wings") is traditionally used to mean that the specified event will never occur.
Flying Phantom Ship Flying Phantom Ship ( Sora tobu yûreisen, , Letayushchiy korabl-prizrak) is a 1969 anime feature film directed by Lev Atamanov and Hiroshi Ikeda and produced by Toei Animation. It was one of the first anime films which was shown on Soviet television (fully dubbed into Russian).
Flying Pigeon Flying Pigeon is a Chinese bicycle company based in Tianjin, China. Some of their products have been marketed in the United States, most notably a three-speed touring bicycle with rod-actuated brakes, rather than the now almost universal cable-actuated brakes.
Flying spot scanner A flying spot scanner uses a high resolution, high light output, low persistence Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) to scan an image, usually from motion picture film or a slide. The output of the scanner is usually a television signal.
Flying squirrel The flying squirrels, scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini, are a tribe of squirrel (family Sciuridae). There are 43 species in this tribe, the largest of which is the woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus).
Flying Saucer Attack Flying Saucer Attack was an experimental indie rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook (of Movietone, another Bristol band) was a member for most of the band's lifetime.
Flying Saucer Working Party The Ministry of Defence’s first "official study into UFO's was called Flying Saucer Working Party or the FSWP which has its roots in a study commissioned in 1950 by the MOD’s then Chief Scientific Adviser, the great radar scientist Sir Henry Tizard. As a result of his insistence that UFO sightings should not be dismissed without some form of proper scientific study, the Department set up what writer Nick Pope has described as "arguably the most marvellously-named committee in the history of the civil service" Flying Saucer Working Party was set up in October 1950 by Ministry of Defence Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Henry Tizard, who felt that UFO reports should not be dismissed out of hand without some serious study.
Flying Spaghetti Monster The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of a parody religion founded in 2005 by Oregon State University physics graduate Bobby Henderson to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. In an open letter sent to the education board, Henderson professes belief in a supernatural Creator called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
Flying Spot Entertainment Flying Spot Entertainment is a film & video production, video editing and computer graphics company located in Seattle, WA that creates programming for television, theatrical and digital release. Flying Spot also contracts to provide post-production and visual effects services for corporations, commercials, professional sports and music videos.
Flying Squad The Flying Squad is a branch of London's Metropolitan Police force. 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 I.
Flying tourbillon The flying tourbillon is a variation of the tourbillon pioneered by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Rather than being supported by a bridge, or cock, at both the top and bottom, it is cantilevered, being only supported from one side.
Flying Tiger Line Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States and a major military charter operator during the Cold War era for both cargo and personnel (the latter with leased aircraft).
Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 On Wednesday, December 23, 1964, a Flying Tiger Line Lockheed Constellation, N6915C, arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Japan. Filled with a cargo of electronic equipment, bolts of fabric, women's scarves, bandanas, purses, and costume jewelry for the Christmas holiday, the craft was refueled at San Francisco Airport (SFO) and departed just after midnight with a crew of three, 41,000 pounds of cargo, 136 pounds of mail, and 5,000 gallons of high-octane aviation fuel.
Flying Tigers The Flying Tigers (; Japanese: フライング・タイガース) was the nickname of the American Volunteer Group, a group of USAAF, USN and USMC pilots recruited under a secret Presidential sanction by Claire Chennault, that formed a fighter group with 3 squadrons that trained in China and defended the Burma supply line to China prior to the American entry into World War II to fight against Japanese forces.
Flying Turns (Knoebels) In January 2006, Knoebels began construction of a Flying Turns roller coaster, modeled after a similar ride designed by John Norman Bartlett and John Miller in the 1920s. The ride concept is similar to a modern steel bobsled roller coaster, however the Flying Turns will be made of wood, like the original rides.
Flying Turns (roller coaster) Flying Turns is the name of a specific model of wooden roller coaster. John Norman Bartlett, a British aviator in World War I, came to North America after the war with an idea for a trackless wooden chute, full of twists like a bobsled course, with toboggan-like cars, based on a bobsled ride that operated in Europe.
Flying University Flying University (, sometimes also translated "Floating University") was the name of an underground educational Betty Jean Lifton, The King of Children: The Life and Death of Janusz Korczak, p. 35, St.
Flying while Muslim Flying while Muslim, or Muslim while flying, is an expression referring to the problems Muslim passengers on airplanes can face on account of their religion in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is constructed similarly to the older expression walking/driving while black, which similarly humorizes racism directed at black people, especially by police and other law enforcement.
Flying wing Flying wing is the generic designation given for a fixed-wing aircraft configuration which is capable of stable, controllable flight without the aid of lifting surfaces other than the main wing itself, that is, without auxiliary surfaces such as "tails" and "canards". Additionally, the term is usually applied to aircraft in which most of the payload is transported inside the main wing, the latter comprising most of its structural volume.
Flying Yankee The Flying Yankee was a diesel-powered streamliner built in 1935 for the Maine Central Railroad and Boston and Maine Corporation by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. It was the third streamliner train in North America after the Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr; the Flying Yankee was, in fact, a virtual clone of the latter, except that it dispensed with the baggage/mail space to seat 142 in three articulated cars.
Flynn Aird syndrome Flynn-Aird Syndrome is a rare, autosomal dominant, hereditary degenerative neurological disorder characterized by early-onset dementia, ataxia, muscle wasting, skin atrophy, and eye abnormalities. It may cause cataracts, retinitis pigmentosa, myopia, dental caries, peripheral neuropathy, deafness, and cystic bone changes.
Flynn effect The Flynn effect is the year-on-year rise of IQ test scores, an effect seen in most parts of the world, although at greatly varying rates. It was named by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve after the New Zealand based political scientist James R.
Flynt Leverett Flynt Leverett (born March 6, 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC. From March 2002 to March 2003, he served as the senior director for Middle East affairs on the National Security Council.
Flyover country Flyover country is an Americanism, a nickname popular among entertainers, businessmen, and others concerned with doing business on the coasts. The name comes from the fact that many Americans shuttle between coastal locations — e.
Flypaper theory (economics) The flypaper theory of tax incidence is a pejorative term used by economists to describe the assumption that the burden of a tax, like a fly with flypaper, sticks wherever it first lands. Economists point out several flaws with the assumption:
Flypaper theory (strategy) In military strategy, the flypaper theory is the idea that it is desirable to draw enemies to a single area where it is easier to dispatch them and where they are far from one's own vulnerabilities. Perhaps the best description of the benefits of the strategy was given by U.
Flypast Flypast is a term widely used in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and other countries to denote ceremonial or honorific flights by groups of aircraft and, rarely, by a single aircraft. (In the United States, the term flyover is sometimes used, although this carries additional meanings.
Flysta Flysta is a part of the congregation SpĂĄnga in the western-most parts of Stockholm town. Despite its location in a predominantly residential suburban area, this community has much of what smaller villages used to have, e.
Flyte Tyme (band) The band known as Flyte Tyme began life as a Minneapolis funk unit, taking its name from the Donald Byrd song. The group featured Jellybean Johnson on drums, Jimmy "Jam" Harris and Monte Moir on keyboards, and Terry Lewis on bass.
FlyTech Dragonfly According to FCC filings submitted December 1 2006, the company WowWee is currently developing a toy dragonfly under the name of FlyTech Dragonfly that would fly under remote control. Its expected retail price will be $39.
Flywheel A flywheel is a heavy rotating disk used as a storage device for kinetic energy. Flywheels resist changes in their rotational speed, which helps steady the rotation of the shaft when an uneven torque is exerted on it by its power source such as a piston-based (reciprocating) engine, or when the load placed on it is intermittent (such as a piston pump).
Flywheel Arts Collective The Flywheel Arts Collective is a collectively run, DIY culture non-profit performance space, in Easthampton, Massachusetts, involved in hosting cheap ($6 or under) or free shows and other community events and workshops. Flywheel is governed by consensus and is all volunteer-run.
Flywheel effect The flywheel effect is the continuation of oscillations in an oscillator circuit after the control stimulus has been removed. This is usually caused by interacting inductive and capacitive elements in the oscillator.
Flywheel energy storage Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as inertial energy. Commercially available FES systems are used for small uninterruptible power systems and for maintaining power quality in renewable energy systems.
Flyy Girl Flyy Girl is a bestselling novel written by Omar Tyree in April of 1993; it was originally a self published effort. In 1995, Simon & Schuster reprinted Flyy Girl on a national level and it soon became a bestseller.
FL Studio FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops) is a music production software package, also known as a digital audio workstation, programmed by Didier Dambrin (also known as 'Gol') and created by Image-Line Software. Music is created by recording and mixing audio and/or MIDI data together to create a song, which can then be saved to the program's native .
FL-7 In addition to developing the C-101 and C-301 supersonic anti-ship missiles which are fairly large in size, China has developed FL-7 (FL: Fei Long, meaning Flying Dragon) supersonic anti-ship missile which can be carried on airplanes and warships. The Feilong-7 has an effective range of 32 kilometers and a speed of Mach 1.
FLAC FLAC, an acronym for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a popular file format for audio data compression. It does not remove any information from the audio stream and is suitable both for everyday playback and audio archival.
FLAG (anime) FLAG is a 13-episode Japanese animated series directed by veteran director Ryosuke Takahashi of the anime mecha genre. It is broadcasted as pay per view streaming web video on Bandai Channel starting on 6th June 2006.
FLAG-tag FLAG-tag, or FLAG octapeptide, is a polypeptide protein tag that is added to a recombinant expressed protein. It can be used for affinity chromatography, then used to separate recombinant, overexpressed protein from wild-type protein expressed by the host organism.
FLAIM Database Engine FLAIM is an embeddable database technology, developed by Novell and released in 2006 as an open source project. "FLAIM" is an acronym for FLexible Adaptable Information Management, terms which appropriately describe the fundamental design goals of the technology.
FLAMA The Madeira Archipelago Liberation Front, more commonly known as FLAMA (Portuguese: Frente de Libertação do Arquipélago da Madeira) was a terrorist group from Madeira, which wanted the independence of Madeira Archipelago.
FLASH MRI FLASH MRI (Fast Low Angle Shot Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a basic measuring principle for rapid MRI invented in 1985 by Jens Frahm and Axel Haase at the Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen, Germany. The technique is as simple as revolutionary in shortening MRI measuring times by up to two orders of magnitude.
FLEX (operating system) The FLEX single-tasking operating system was developed by TSC of West Lafayette, Indiana, for the Motorola 6800 in the 1970s; the original version was for 8" floppy disks, and the (smaller) version for 5.25" floppies was called mini-Flex.
FLEX (protocol) FLEX is a communication protocol developed by Motorola and used in many pagers. FLEX provides one-way communication only (from the provider to the pager device), but a related protocol called ReFLEX provides two-way messaging.
FLN Frisia Luftverkehr FLN Frisia Luftverkehr is a regional airline based in Norden, Germany. It operates services from Norden to the Friesian island of Juist and, in association with OLT (Ostfriesische Lufttransport), to other destinations in northern Europe.
FLO (For Lovers Only) FLO is a methodology of marital reconstruction and enhancement that was created by Elizabeth Mack in 2002. FLO differs from marital and relationship therapies by focusing on the dynamics of marriage and family relationships with emphasis on understanding of the structure and function of marriage, the various aspects of the marital relationship, family systems, and the way in which the counselor may approach marriage and family counseling as a creative, preventative, and healing avenue.
FLO International FLO International is a non-profit, multi-stakeholder association involving 20 member organizations (or Labelling Initiatives), producer groups, traders and external experts. The organization develops and reviews Fairtrade standards, assists producers in gaining and maintaining Fairtrade certification and capitalizing on market opportunities.
FLO-CERT FLO-CERT is the largest inspection and certification body for labelled Fairtrade. It is one of the two organizations which resulted from the January 2004 split of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International.
FLOPS In computing, FLOPS (or flops) is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second. This is used as a measure of a computer's performance, especially in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating point calculations; similar to instructions per second.
FLOW-MATIC FLOW-MATIC, originally known as B-0, is possibly the first English-like Data Processing language. It was invented and specified by Grace Hopper, and development of the commercial variant started at Remington Rand in 1955 for the UNIVAC I.
FLP-FRT Recombination A site directed recombination technology analogous to the the Cre-Lox Recombination involving the recombination of sequences between FRT sites by the flippase recombination enzyme derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This allows the precise manipulation of an organism's DNA under controlled conditions in vivo.
FLQ Manifesto The FLQ Manifesto was a key document of the terrorist group the Front de Libération du Québec. On 8 October 1970, during the October Crisis, it was broadcast by CBC/Radio-Canada television as one of many demands required for the release of kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross.
FLR-9 The AN/FLR-9 is a type of very large circular "Wullenweber" antenna array, built at many locations during the cold war to gather signals for western signals intelligence (SIGINT). The world-wide network, known collectively as "Iron Horse", could eavesdrop on HF communications from almost anywhere on the planet.
FLTK The "Fast, Light Toolkit" (pronounced "fulltick") has been developed by Bill Spitzak for 3D graphics programming and has an interface to OpenGL. Nevertheless it is well-suited for first steps in GUI programming.
FLUDD FLUDD (Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device) is a fictional, speech-capable, and portable water pump worn by Mario like a backpack in the video game Super Mario Sunshine for the Nintendo GameCube. Created by Professor E.
FLV FLV (Flash Video) is a proprietary file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) version 6, 7, 8, or 9. FLV content may also be embedded within SWF files.
FLWOR The programming language XQuery defines FLWOR or FLWR (often pronounced as 'flower') as expression that supports iteration and binding of variables to intermediate results. FLWOR is an acronym standing for FOR, LET, WHERE, ORDER BY, RETURN.
FĹ«jin is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods. He was present at the creation of the world and when he first let the winds out of his bag, they cleared the morning mists and filled the space between heaven and earth so the sun shone.
FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation The US Army Field Manual on Interrogation, sometimes known by the military nomenclature FM 34-52, is a 177 page manual describing to military interrogators how to conduct effective interrogations while conforming with US and international law.
FM Acoustics of Switzerland FM Acoustics of Switzerland (also FM Acoustics Ltd.) is a manufacturer of high-end and professional audio components including phono and harmonic linearizers, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, electronic crossovers, microphone amplifiers and (up until the 1980s) loudspeakers.
FM broadcasting in India In the mid-nineties, when India first experimented with private FM broadcasts, the small tourist destination of Goa was the fifth place in this country of one billion where private players got FM slots. The other four centres were the big metro cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai,Hyderabad, Jaipur and Lucknow.
FM Bats FM Bats is a four piece punk band from Long Beach, California that formed in 2004, consisting of singer Todd Jacobs (aka Hot Rod Todd or Nancy Manhands), formerly of the Distraction, Le Shok, and Neon King Kong; bassist Leonardo Salas; drummer Tony Matarazzo of Grand Elegance; Brett Cutts; and Orlando Sanchez formerly of I'm Gonna Stab You.
FM Consolidated line The Consolidated line, or C-line, was a series of diesel-electric railway locomotive designs produced by Fairbanks-Morse and its Canadian licensee, the Canadian Locomotive Company. Individual locomotives in this series were commonly referred to as "C-liners.
FM Erie-built The Erie-built was the first streamlined, cab-equipped dual service diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks-Morse, introduced as direct competition to such models as the ALCO PA and EMD E-unit. As F-M lacked the space to manufacture the units in their own plant, the work was subcontracted out to General Electric, which produced the locomotives at its Erie, Pennsylvania facility, thereby giving rise to the name "Erie-built.
FM improvement factor In telecommunication, FM improvement factor is the quotient obtained by dividing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the output of an FM receiver by the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) at the input of the receiver.
FM improvement threshold In telecommunication, FM improvement threshold is the point in an FM (frequency modulation) receiver at which the peaks in the RF signal equal the peaks of the thermal noise generated in the receiver. A baseband signal-to-noise ratio of about 30 dB is typical at the improvement threshold, and this ratio improves 1 dB for each decibel of increase in the signal above the threshold.
FM P-12-42 The P-12-42, also known as the "Speed Merchant," was a streamlined, 1,200 hp locomotive built between 1957–1958 by Fairbanks-Morse, specifically to operate on each end of the Talgo train produced by American Car and Foundry. This model represented F-M's attempted entry into the lightweight locomotive market, but only four of the low-slung units were produced: one pair was purchased by the Boston and Maine Railroad, while the other set went to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
FM Stereo Johor Bahru FM Stereo Johor Bahru or FMJB is a regional radio operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia exclusively for the Johor Bahru metropolitan area, and as a complement to Johor FM. The station came into being on October 20th 1988 by taking over the FM Stereo transmitter of the old Johor FM then known as Radio Malaysia Johor Bahru.
FM transmitter (personal device) This article is concerned with low powered transmitters used in some countries for interfacing personal audio devices "FM transmitter" can also refer to high powered broadcast equipment used by pirate radio and licenced broadcast stations
FM Towns The FM Towns (commonly spelled FM-Towns, FM TOWNS, or FM-TOWNS) system is a Japanese PC variant, built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the Summer of 1997. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and computer games, but later became more compatible with regular PCs.
FM Train Master Train Master was the designation for a series of diesel-electric railway locomotive designs produced by Fairbanks-Morse and its Canadian licensee, the Canadian Locomotive Company. These 6-axle hood unit road switchers were produced as both 1,600 and 2,400 horsepower (1.
FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel The FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel is a 323 metre high guyed steel tube radio mast near Behren-Bekel near Uelzen. The FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting and was at its erection time in 1961 the highest construction of West Germany.
FM- and TV-mast Hosingen The FM- and TV mast Hosingen is a 300 metre high guyed radio mast with a diameter of 2 metres for FM and TV broadcating, which was built in 1970. The FM- and TV-mast Hosingen is the tallest construction of Luxemburg and property of RTL.
FM- and TV-mast Krynice koło Białegostoku The FM- and TV-mast Krynice koło Białegostoku is a 331 metre tall guyed mast for FM and TV situated at Krynice near Białystok in Poland (Geographical Coordinates: ). FM- and TV-mast Krynice koło Białegostoku was built in 1996.
FM-UWB FM-UWB is a modulation scheme using double FM: a low-modulation index digital FSK followed by a high-modulation index analog FM to create a constant-envelope UWB signal. FDMA techniques at the sub-carrier level may be exploited to accommodate multiple users.
FM4 FM4 is an Austrian national radio station, operated by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (German: Ă–sterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)). Its main target is the youth audience, and much of the music output is characterised by an alternative rock and electronic music slant.
FM4 Frequency Festival The FM4 Frequency Festival, also Frequency Festival or just Frequency, formerly Vienna City Festival, is a music festival that takes place near Salzburg, Austria, usually every August. It is promoted by one of Austria's national radio stations, FM4, and is generally associated with the alternative part of mainstream music.
FMA IA 63 Pampa The FMA IA 63 Pampa is an advanced trainer aircraft with combat capability, produced in Argentina by FMA with assistance from Dornier of Germany. Heavily influenced by the Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet design, the main difference of the Pampa lies in being a smaller aircraft with one engine instead of two, and in having straight wings instead of swept wings.
FMA SAIA 90 The FMA SAIA 90 was an air superiority aircraft designed and planned by the FMA (Fabrica Militar de Aviones) with collaboration of Dornier during the late 90's, which will be the last stage of ACA project, a project started by the Proceso de ReorganizaciĂłn Nacional for an argentine fighter aircraft (AviĂłn Caza Argentino).
FMeXtra FMeXtra is an in-band on-channel digital radio broadcasting technology created by Digital Radio Express. Unlike iBiquity's HD Radio system, it uses any FM radio station's existing equipment and transmitter plant to transmit digital audio data on subcarriers instead of sidebands.
FMECA Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is an extension of FMEA and was introduced shortly after it. In addition to the basic FMEA, it includes a criticality analysis, which is used to chart the probability of failure modes against the severity of their consequences.
FMK-1 mine The FMK-1 is a small circular Argentinian anti-personnel blast mine, fitted with a stiffened pressure plate it is also used as the fuze for the FMK-3 and FMK-5 anti-tank mines. The mine has a circular plastic body, with a number of small ribs running vertically around the outside of the mine, with the circular detonator and striker protruding on each side.
FMP (Free Music Production) FMP is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.
FMR layout The FMR layout, standing for front mid-engine, rear wheel drive, is a layout of an automobile that places the engine in the front, like the FR layout, but pushed back enough that the engine's center of gravity is to the rear of the front axle. This aids in weight distribution and reduces the moment of inertia, helping handling.
FMR1 FMR1 (fragile X mental retardation 1) is a human gene that provides instructions to make a protein called fragile X mental retardation 1, or FMRP. This protein is normally made in many tissues, especially in the brain and testes.

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