• The son of a Berkeley civil engineering professor, Pister first built tiny self-propelled robots, such as a mechanical fly that could take wing and transmit data.

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  • He followed that up by getting off the floor to tackle full-back Olly Morgan, yielding a richly deserved penalty for the wing which fly-half Jones landed.

    BBC: Dragons 18-12 Gloucester

  • Okay, take wing, and fly away.

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  • The Dragons' try came from wing Richard Fussell and fly-half Shaun Connor's boot did the rest.

    BBC: Dragons 19-21 Cardiff Blues

  • Non Evans goes from full-back to wing and Naomi Thomas fly-half to full-back.

    BBC: Wholesale changes for Wales Women against New Zealand

  • Wing Simon Danielli, fly half Dan Parks and lock Scott MacLeod are injury doubts but are expected to be fit.

    BBC: Coach Hadden to stick with squad

  • There are a host of players unavailable because of injury, including fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, wing James Simpson-Daniel, flanker Lewis Moody, wing David Strettle and full-back Nick Abendanon.

    BBC: England call up uncapped quartet

  • Last month Paterson, who can also play at fly-half or on the wing, relinquished the captaincy at Edinburgh, after three years, with the job to be shared by Allister Hogg and Simon Cross.

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  • The other nominees are Bristol scrum-half Shaun Perry, Northampton fly-half Carlos Spencer, Wasps wing Tom Voyce and Sale flanker Jason White.

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  • Three minutes later referee Paul Adams inadvertently obstructed a would-be tackler allowing Howley to dart from a scrum and spark a move which climaxed in a long pass by fly-half Paul Burke for left wing Craig Morgan to score.

    BBC: Cardiff in the hunt

  • The now notorious incident occurred during the Heineken Cup tie against Leinster in April when wing Tom Williams faked injury to allow fly-half Nick Evans to return to the field.

    BBC: Richards ban to extend worldwide

  • They are the biggest purchaser of the revolutionary Osprey tiltrotor, which pivots its engines so it can take off like a helicopter, but fly as far and fast as a fixed-wing plane.

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  • It looked as if the visitors would open the scoring, but it was Saracens who struck first when Neil de Kock passed to Hodgson and wing Strettle timed his run past the fly-half's shoulder to perfection, and he ran left to right and crossed to the right of the posts.

    BBC: Saracens 23-10 Sale Sharks

  • The Exiles were seeking a sixth-straight win but were stunned by three Saracens tries in the first 15 minutes from left wing Ratuvou, full-back Castaignede and fly-half Jackson.

    BBC: London Irish 7-22 Saracens

  • The Springboks claimed tries by center Jaque Fourie, captain John Smit, wing JP Pietersen, flanker Juan Smith and fly-half Butch James with Francois Steyn and Percy Montgomery each kicking penalties and the latter adding three conversions.

    CNN: South Africa overcome gallant Fiji

  • Maxwell's try came after only three minutes following a penalty by visiting fly-half Dave Slemen, son of the former England wing.

    BBC: Ulster cruise to victory

  • According to Darren Arch, the current CFS wing commander, Allied pilots were not taught to fly an aircraft to its limits or recover from "difficult situations".

    BBC: Robert Smith-Barry: The man who taught the world to fly

  • She is now one of only a few women in the Air Force qualified to fly bombers such as the B-52 and the swing-wing B-1.

    CNN: But spokesman says resignation is option

  • The more likely fly in the ointment may be attempts by the two right-wing parties to make use of the affair for their own ends.

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  • Equally, Mr Bauer's pension views fly in the face of the Republican Party's pro-business wing, which supports privatisation.

    ECONOMIST: Gary Bauer and the virtue deficit

  • Fly-half James scissored with the flying Maddock, and after the wing burst through the midfield he fed the supporting Lipman.

    BBC: Bath 66-21 Saracens

  • After Leigh Halfpenny made the first glaring error of his fledgling wing career, dropping a clearance while under no pressure, makeshift fly-half Benoit Baby singled him out for special attention.

    BBC: France 21-16 Wales

  • With Wasps' tries coming from the Premiership's top scorer, Wade, who now has six for the season, and Varndell on the opposite wing, their other 17 points came from the boot of Welsh fly-half Nicky Robinson.

    BBC: London Wasps 27-24 Bath

  • Wasps regular David Lemi fills the right wing slot for Samoa while Tasesa Lavea of Clermont will direct operations at fly-half.

    BBC: Samoa name strong line-up to face Ireland in Dublin

  • Fly-half Connor converted and landed a penalty and right on half-time wing Stephen John capitalised on a poor Williams drop-out to touchdown wide out with Connor adding the extras.

    BBC: Neath leave it late

  • Teenage Blues wing Leigh Halfpenny claimed a stunning first-half brace while Gareth Thomas and fly-half Nicky Robinson also touched down.

    BBC: Blues 37-24 Gloucester

  • Masi played at inside and outside centre, as well as on the wing, during the World Cup but will start for the first time at fly-half this weekend.

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  • He made 27 starts at full-back, 12 on the right wing, 11 on the left, one at inside centre, two at fly-half and two appearances off the bench.

    BBC: Lewsey retires from England duty

  • There are actually brave souls around the world who build and fly their own jetpacks, most notably Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot who created a flying wing powered by four small turbofan engines.

    WSJ: Jetlev R200 Jetpack: Personal Flight, Beyond Bond

  • Lamont's absence meant Chris Paterson had to abandon his fly-half role in favour of replacement Dan Parks, with the Gloucester utility back moving to the wing.

    BBC: Hadden pleased to silence critics

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