Flyer or flier may refer to:

Common meanings

Aircraft pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators because they a ...

, a person who flies an aircraft *

Flyer (pamphlet) A flyer (or flier) is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in a public place, handed out to individuals or sent through the mail. Today, flyers range from inexpensively photocopied le ...

, a single-page leaflet

Arts and entertainment

* Flyer (band), a Croatian pop band * ''Flyer'' (album), by Nanci Griffith *

Flyer (New-Gen) Flyer (Jude Jackson) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the NEW-GEN comic books. Created by Chris Matonti, J.D. Matonti, and Julia Coppola, he first appeared in NEW-GEN #1 (2010). ...

, a fictional Marvel Comics superhero

Military uses

* , an American World War II submarine *

General Dynamics Flyer The Flyer Advanced Light Strike Vehicle platform has been developed by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), in partnership with Flyer Defense LLC, for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle Program ...

, an Advanced Light Strike Vehicle platform in development for the US military

People

* Flier (surname) *

Flyer (wrestler) Flyer (born October 3, 1994, in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is the grandson of Ramón Ibarra Banda who has wrestled as "Volador" and "Super Parka" over t ...

, ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler born 1994

Science and technology

* Fast Low-Ionization Emission Region (FLIER), a poorly understood structure in some planetary nebulae *

HTC Flyer The HTC Flyer (also known as the HTC EVO View 4G) is a tablet computer by HTC Corporation. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 and released in May 2011. Unlike other tablets announced at MWC, the Flyer has a single-core 1.5&n ...

, a tablet computer released by HTC * Flier (BEAM), a type of robot that can fly

Sports

Ice hockey

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...

, a National Hockey League team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States *

Pensacola Ice Flyers The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the SPHL. The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL's Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until th ...

, an ice hockey team from Pensacola, Florida, United States *

Spokane Flyers (senior) Spokane Flyers could mean: * Spokane Flyers (senior), a former senior ice hockey team in the Western International Hockey League * Spokane Flyers (junior), a former junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League {{disambig ...

, an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington, United States *

Spokane Flyers (junior) The Spokane Flyers were a junior ice hockey team that played one and a half seasons in the Western Hockey League from 1980–1982. They played in Spokane, Washington, United States. History This team is not to be confused with the Spokane Flyer ...

, an ice hockey team from Spokane, Washington *

Fife Flyers The Fife Flyers are a Ice hockey in Scotland, Scottish professional ice hockey team in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Established in 1938, the Flyers are the oldest still-extant club in the country. The Flyers play their home games at Fife Ice Arena, which ...

, an ice hockey team from Kirkcaldy, Scotland *

Kloten Flyers EHC Kloten is an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. The team plays in the National League (NL). It has one of the best youth systems in Swiss ice hockey as its youth teams have won 19 championships during the last 50 year ...

, an ice hockey team from Kloten, Switzerland *

Spektrum Flyers Spektrum Flyers was a short-lived ice hockey team from Oslo, Norway. A merger between Manglerud Star and Furuset, it played the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons in Eliteserien, the premier ice hockey league in Norway, with home games at Oslo Sp ...

, an ice hockey team from Oslo, Norway

Baseball

Fullerton Flyers The Fullerton Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Fullerton, California, in the United States. They were an independent franchise, not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or'' Minor League Baseball. The team played from 2 ...

, a baseball team from Fullerton, California, United States * Panama City Fliers, a minor league baseball team based in Panama City, Florida, United States *

Schaumburg Flyers The Schaumburg Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Schaumburg, Illinois, in the United States. The team played in the Northern League from 1999 to 2010, with their home games at Alexian Field, near the Elgin O'Hare Expressway. T ...

, a baseball team from Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

School teams

Dayton Flyers The Dayton Flyers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Dayton of Dayton, Ohio. All Flyers intercollegiate sports teams participate at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I level. The football team ...

, athletic teams of the University of Dayton, Ohio * Flyers, the sports teams of

Waynflete School Waynflete School is a private, co-educational college preparatory day school established in 1898 for early childhood education (from age three) to the 12th grade. It is located in the West End of Portland, Maine. History In 1898, Waynflete S ...

, Portland, Maine * Flyers and Lady Flyers, the sports teams of

Franklin County High School (Kentucky) Franklin County High School is the largest of three public high schools in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, and is one of two high schools operated by Franklin County Public Schools. The campus also houses the Franklin County Career & Technica ...

Other sports

Fort Worth Flyers The Fort Worth Flyers were a minor league basketball team in the NBA Development League (D-League) based in Fort Worth, Texas. They began play in the 2005–06 season and were shut down for the 2007–08 season. Franchise history In 2005, Sout ...

, a basketball team from Fort Worth, Texas, United States * Flyer, a position in cheerleading stunts

Transportation

Automobiles

Flyer (1913 automobile) The Flyer was an American brass era automobile manufactured in Mt. Clemens, Michigan by the Flyer Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1914. The Flyer had a monobloc four-cylinder A cylinder () has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, on ...

, manufactured by the Flyer Motor Car Company in Michigan, United States, from 1913 to 1914 *

Alpena Flyer The Alpena Flyer was an American automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1914 in Alpena, Michigan by the Alpena Motor Car Company. Approximately 480 cars in 13 models were produced, costing around $1,500, and only one remaining car is known to exi ...

, an American automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1914 in Alpena, Michigan *

BYD Flyer The BYD Flyer is a 5-door city car originally developed by government owned Xian Qinchuan Automobile and went on sale from 2001 to 2005. It has been produced by BYD, a Chinese automobile manufacturer in Shenzhen, from 2005 to 2008. The three- an ...

, manufactured by BYD Auto in Shenzhen, China, since 2004 *

Smith Flyer The Smith Flyer was an American automobile manufactured by the A.O. Smith, A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee from 1915 until about 1919 when the manufacturing rights were sold to Briggs & Stratton and it was renamed the Briggs & Stratton Flyer. ...

, manufactured by A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee, United States, from 1915 until about 1919 * Thomas Flyer, manufactured by

Thomas Motor Company E. R. Thomas Motor Company was a manufacturer of motorized bicycles, motorized tricycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Buffalo, New York between 1900 and 1919. Motorized bicycles, tricycles, and motorcycles In 1896, Edwin Ross Thomas (1850� ...

Aviation

Wright Flyer The ''Wright Flyer'' (also known as the ''Kitty Hawk'', ''Flyer'' I or the 1903 ''Flyer'') made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Wrigh ...

, the first powered aircraft, built and flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903 *

Abramovich Flyer The Abramovich Flyer was an early aircraft built by Russian aviator Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich in 1912, based on the Wright brothers' designs he had seen while working for their German subsidiary. Differences from the Wright designs of t ...

, 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

Kingston Flyer The Kingston Flyer is a vintage steam train in the South Island of New Zealand at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu. It used 14 kilometres of preserved track that once formed a part of the Kingston Branch. Originally, Kingston Flyer was a pa ...

, a vintage steam service begun in 1982 * Kingston Flyer (train), an express passenger service operated between the 1890s and 1957 * ''

Taranaki Flyer The ''Taranaki Flyer'' was the name given to a passenger train that was operated by the New Zealand Railways Department between Whanganui and New Plymouth from 1926 to 1965. Introduction The primary passenger service on the Marton–New Ply ...

'', a passenger service between New Plymouth and Wanganui which ended in 1959

United States

* Century Flyer, an historic narrow-gauge train * ''

Berkshire Flyer The ''Berkshire Flyer'' is a seasonal Amtrak passenger train service between New York City and the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, via the Hudson Valley. The weekly train departs Penn Station on Friday and Sunday afternoons du ...

'', 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 The ''Heartland Flyer'' is a daily passenger train that follows a route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas. It is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by the states of Oklahoma and Texas. The train's daily round-trip begin ...

'', a passenger train between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, begun in 1999 * ''Valley Flyer'' (ATSF train), a passenger service between Bakersfield and Oakland, in California, from 1939 to 1942 * ''

Valley Flyer The ''Valley Flyer'' is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between New Haven, Connecticut and Greenfield, Massachusetts along Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT's) Connecticut ...

'', a passenger train between New Haven, Connecticut and Greenfield, Massachusetts

Buses

* Flyer (bus service), bus services to Leeds Bradford Airport *

Spondon Flyer Spondon Flyer was a bus service in Derby, England operated by Trentbarton. History Until 2017 the service operated as a direct service between Derby and Spondon with a frequency of every 10 minutes and buses travelled in both directions around Sp ...

, a bus service in England *

Ilkeston Flyer The Ilkeston Flyer is a bus route that operates between Cotmanhay and Derby via Ilkeston and Spondon. Launched in 1999, it is solely operated by Trentbarton and was formerly in partnership with Felix Bus Services prior to 2012. History The ...

, a bus service in England

Other uses

American Flyer American Flyer is a brand of toy train and Rail transport modelling, model railroad, originally manufactured in the United States. The Chicago era, 1907–1938 Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a ...

, a toy train and model railroad brand *

Singapore Flyer The Singapore Flyer is an observation wheel at the Downtown Core district of Singapore. Officially opened on 15 April 2008, it has 28 air-conditioned capsules, each able to accommodate 28 passengers, and incorporates a three-story terminal build ...

, a giant Ferris wheel * Flier (fish) (''Centrarchus macropterus''), a sunfish native to the southern United States * ''

Memphis Flyer The ''Memphis Flyer'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper serving the greater Memphis, Tennessee, area. The ''Flyer'' covers Memphis news, politics, music, entertainment, sports, food, and spirits. The ''Flyer'' was founded February 14, 1989 ...

'', a free weekly alternative newspaper * Filmotype Flyer, typeface produced by Filmotype * Flyer, one of the two components of a

flying buttress The flying buttress (''arc-boutant'', arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall ou ...

* Flyer, a U-shaped mechanism in a

spinning wheel A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution. It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the spinning jenny and spinning frame, ...

, invented in the late 15th century * Flyer, a female

kangaroo Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use, the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...