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NFI Group was created on June 16, 2005, as the holding company of New Flyer Industries so it could be publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [3]In October 2008, NFI Group. was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, which was announced in The Globe and Mail newspaper, and the company was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
In April 2019, the TTC received the first of 60 electric buses from the three bus manufacturers: Proterra, New Flyer, and BYD. On 3 June 2019, the first electric bus (from New Flyer) went into revenue service on the 35 Jane bus route. [23] On 26 October 2019, Proterra Catalyst BE40 electric buses went into service on the 6 Bay bus route. [24]
Flexible Flyer ad from the early 1900s. Samuel Leeds Allen patented the Flexible Flyer in 1889 [2] in Cinnaminson, New Jersey using local children and adults to test prototypes. [3] Allen's company flourished by selling these speedy and yet controllable sleds at a time when others were still producing toboggans and "gooseneck" sleds. [4]
The Radio Flyer Ziggle, introduced in 2013, is a ride-on toy for kids 3 to 8 with four caster wheels and no pedals. [21] Kids propel forward by wiggling and twisting their bodies in a back and forth motion and moving the handle bars at the same time. [22] [23] In 2016, Radio Flyer introduced a new partnership product, the Tesla Model S for Kids.
In the 1990s, an economic downturn and the leaving of the Blue Jays and Argonauts meant the City had no money to restore old buildings on the site. The Flyer, the Alpine Way and Exhibition Stadium were torn down and the National Trade Centre built. The Indy car race was introduced and Toronto has encouraged year-round use of Exhibition Place.
The Wright Flyer III is the third powered aircraft by the Wright Brothers, built during the winter of 1904–05. Orville Wright made the first flight with it on June 23, 1905 . The Wright Flyer III had an airframe of spruce construction with a wing camber of 1-in-20 as used in 1903 , rather than the less effective 1-in-25 used in 1904 .
Flyer 72 — 300 mi (480 km) on mission profile / 500 mi (800 km) on-road @ 40 mph (64 km/h) M1288 GMV 1.1 — 408 mi (657 km) Maximum speed :
Woodbridge is a very large suburban community in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, along the city's border with Toronto.It occupies the city's entire southwest quadrant, west of Highway 400, east of Highway 50, north of Steeles Avenue, and generally south of Major Mackenzie Drive.