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Flying Flea

  • 1 flea

    [fliː] noun
    a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.
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    Arabic-English dictionary > flea

  • 2 Mignet, Henri

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 19 October 1893 Saintes, France
    d. 31 August 1965 Bordeaux, France
    [br]
    French inventor of the Pou-du-Ciel or Flying Flea, a small aeroplane for the do-it-yourself constructor, popular in the 1930s.
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    Throughout the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce a cheap and simple aeroplane for "the man in the street". The tiny Demoiselle built by Alberto Santos- Dumont in 1909 or the de Havilland Moth of 1925 are good examples, but the one which very nearly achieved this aim was Henri Mignet's Flying Flea of 1933. Mignet was a self-taught designer of light aircraft, which often incorporated his unorthodox ideas. His Pou-du-Ciel ("Sky Louse" or "Flying Flea") was unorthodox. The materials used in construction were conventional wood and fabric, but the control system departed from the usual wing plus tailplane (with elevators). The Flea had two wings in tandem. The rear wing was fixed, while the forward wing was hinged to allow the angle of incidence, and hence its lift, to be increased or decreased. Reducing the forward wing's lift would cause the Flea to dive. After Mignet's first flight, on 6 September 1933, and the publication of his book Le Sport de l'air, which explains how to build a Poudu-Ciel, a Pou-building craze started in France. Mignet's book was translated into English and 6,000 copies were sold in a month. During 1935 the craze spread to Britain, where a Flying Flea could be built for £50–£90, including the engine. After several fatal crashes, the aircraft was banned in 1936. A design fault in the control system was to blame, and although this was remedied the wave of popular enthusiasm vanished. Mignet continued to design light aircraft and during the Second World War he was working on a Pou- Maquis for use by the French Resistance but the war ended before the aircraft was ready. During the post-war years a series of Flying Flea derivatives appeared, but their numbers were small. However, the home-build movement in general has grown in recent years, a fact which would have pleased Henri Mignet, the "Patron Saint of Homebuilders".
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Médaille de l'Aéronautique.
    Bibliography
    1935, The Flying Flea: How to Build and Fly it, London (English edn).
    Further Reading
    Ken Ellis and Geoff Jones, 1990, Henri Mignet and His Flying Flea, Yeovil (a full account).
    Geoff Jones, 1992, Building and Flying Your Own Plane, Yeovil (describes the Flying Flea and its place in the homebuild story).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Mignet, Henri

  • 3 Floh

    Imperf. fliehen
    * * *
    der Floh
    flea
    * * *
    [floː]
    m -(e)s, ordm;e
    ['fløːə] (ZOOL) flea

    von Flöhen zerbissen or zerstochen — flea-bitten attr, bitten by fleas

    es ist leichter, einen Sack Flöhe zu hüten, als... — I'd as soon jump in the lake as...

    jdm einen Flóh ins Ohr setzen (inf) — to put an idea into sb's head

    * * *
    (a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.) flea
    * * *
    <-[e]s, Flöhe>
    [flo:, pl ˈflø:ə]
    m
    1. (Tier) flea
    Flöhe haben/knacken to have/squash fleas
    2. pl (sl: Geld) dough nsing dated fam, bread nsing fam, dosh BRIT sl
    3.
    ▶ die Flöhe husten hören to imagine things
    ▶ jdm einen \Floh ins Ohr setzen (fam) to put an idea into sb's head
    * * *
    der; Floh[e]s, Flöhe
    1) flea

    jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen — (ugs.) put an idea into somebody's head

    2) Plural (salopp): (Geld) dough sing. (sl.); bread sing. (sl.)
    * * *
    Floh m; -s, Flöhe
    1. ZOOL flea;
    Flöhe knacken umg crush fleas;
    jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen fig put an idea into sb’s head;
    (einen Sack) Flöhe hüten ist leichter umg climbing Everest would be simple in comparison;
    er hört die Flöhe husten umg fig he’s forever imagining things
    2. pl umg (Geld) dough sg, Br auch readies
    * * *
    der; Floh[e]s, Flöhe
    1) flea

    jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen — (ugs.) put an idea into somebody's head

    2) Plural (salopp): (Geld) dough sing. (sl.); bread sing. (sl.)
    * * *
    ¨-e m.
    flea n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Floh

  • 4 floh

    Imperf. fliehen
    * * *
    der Floh
    flea
    * * *
    [floː]
    m -(e)s, ordm;e
    ['fløːə] (ZOOL) flea

    von Flöhen zerbissen or zerstochen — flea-bitten attr, bitten by fleas

    es ist leichter, einen Sack Flöhe zu hüten, als... — I'd as soon jump in the lake as...

    jdm einen Flóh ins Ohr setzen (inf) — to put an idea into sb's head

    * * *
    (a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.) flea
    * * *
    <-[e]s, Flöhe>
    [flo:, pl ˈflø:ə]
    m
    1. (Tier) flea
    Flöhe haben/knacken to have/squash fleas
    2. pl (sl: Geld) dough nsing dated fam, bread nsing fam, dosh BRIT sl
    3.
    ▶ die Flöhe husten hören to imagine things
    ▶ jdm einen \Floh ins Ohr setzen (fam) to put an idea into sb's head
    * * *
    der; Floh[e]s, Flöhe
    1) flea

    jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen — (ugs.) put an idea into somebody's head

    2) Plural (salopp): (Geld) dough sing. (sl.); bread sing. (sl.)
    * * *
    floh imperf → fliehen
    * * *
    der; Floh[e]s, Flöhe
    1) flea

    jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen — (ugs.) put an idea into somebody's head

    2) Plural (salopp): (Geld) dough sing. (sl.); bread sing. (sl.)
    * * *
    ¨-e m.
    flea n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > floh

  • 5 прогнать

    1) General subject: banish, bo, boo, chase, dismiss, drive, fire, give a kiss-off (кого-л.), hiss (шиканьем, свистом и т. п. тж. hiss away, hiss down, hiss off, hiss out), hunt, hunt away, kick away (часто с позором), pack off, send away, send flying, send off, send packing, send packing (кого-л.), send to the right-about, send to the right-about (кого-л.), shoo, sling out, turn back, turn somebody out of doors, send about his business, send about his business, send right, send rightabouts, send rights, whip off, hiss away (со сцены и т.п.), hiss down (со сцены и т.п.), hiss off (со сцены и т.п.), send about his business (вытурить, кого-л.), send about his business (кого-л.), send away with a flea in his ear (кого-л.), send off with a flea in his ear (кого-л.), show the door, send somebody about his business, chase away
    2) Colloquial: give it a run (give smth a run; проверить работоспособность на практике)
    3) Jargon: gate, give( smb.) the wind (кого-л.)
    4) Information technology: run
    5) Makarov: send( to the) rightabouts, drive away

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > прогнать

  • 6 a trimite pe cineva la plimbare

    to send smb. flying / packing / right-about / to the right-about / about his business
    to turn smb. to the right-about
    to put / to send / to turn smb. out to grass
    to turn smb. adrift
    to show smb. the door
    to send smb. with a flea in his ear.

    Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a trimite pe cineva la plimbare

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