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During World War II Morrison served as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot in Italy flying 58 missions. He was shot down and was a prisoner of war for 48 days in Germany. [7] [8] In 1946, Morrison sketched out a design (called the Whirlo-Way) for the world's first flying disc. In 1948 an investor, Warren Franscioni, paid for molding the design in plastic.
Walter Frederick Morrison, the inventor of the plastic flying discs that eventually became known as the Frisbee, died at his Utah home on Tuesday. He was 90 and is survived by three children.
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.
Walter Frederick Morrison (1920–2010), U.S. – Flying disc William Morrison (dentist) (1860–1926), U.S. – Cotton candy machine Samuel Morse (1791–1872), U.S. – early Morse code , see also Morse Code controversy
His birth name was Walter Fredrick (not Frederick) Morrison. All his life he went by either Walter or Fred. To the flying disc community he is best know as Fred. See his book: Flat Flip Flies Straight–True Origins of the Frisbee for more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.221.117.11 01:34, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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This is a list of councillors and aldermen elected to the London County Council from 1937 to 1949.. Elections of all councillors on the London County Council were scheduled to be held every three years.
James Justice Foster, 18, and John Walter Morrison, 28, both from Winston-Salem, took multiple cases of Modelo beer from the store with a total value of $232.90, according to warrants obtained by ...