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Double disc court (DDC) invented and introduced by Frisbee Hall of Fame inductee Jim Palmeri of Rochester, NY, is a sport played with two flying discs. [27] Two teams of two players each stand in their own courts. The goal is to defend a court from an attack by the opposing team.
A flying disc with the Wham-O registered trademark "Frisbee". A frisbee (pronounced / ˈ f r ɪ z b iː / FRIZ-bee), also called a flying disc or simply a disc, is a gliding toy or sporting item generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly 20 to 25 centimetres (8 to 10 in) in diameter with a pronounced lip.
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Animation of reports during the flying disc craze. The year 1947 was marked by renewed tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. [17] On March 13, American president Harry Truman pledged to contain the communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey.
Aerial photo taken over Lake Cote, Costa Rica, by Sergio Loaiza (1971). A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported disc-shaped UFO.The term was coined in 1947 by the news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed flew alongside his airplane above Washington State.
Animation of reports during the flying disc craze. Over 800 reports were made publicly during the 1947 flying disc craze. [1] [2] [3] Such reports quickly spread throughout the United States, and some sources estimate the reports may have numbered in the thousands.
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the international governing body for flying disc (Frisbee) sports, with responsibility for sanctioning world championship events, establishing uniform rules, setting of standards for and recording of world records. WFDF is a federation of member associations which represent flying disc sports and their ...