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A flying disc (frisbee) is the common name for a sports equipment, which is a plastic disc with curved edges with a diameter of 20-25 centimeters. The disk is made in such a way that during its flight a lifting force is created, which allows you to throw the disks over considerable distances and with great accuracy.

Frisbee
Frisbee

The first witnesses of Frisbee flights could not believe that the saucer was able to fly on its own, without a motor and wires.

The history of one of the most famous toys of the 1871th century began in XNUMX, when William Russell Frisby, the manager of the Olds Baking Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, bought the business and renamed it the Frisbie Pie Company. The pies were supplied with foil trays, on which the name of the company was embossed.

Much later, in the 1920s, hungry Yale students consuming Frisbee bakery pies in large quantities used empty pallets for fun, tossing them through the air to each other. (However, there is an alternative version: Hollywood historians claim that filmmakers threw lids from round boxes of film in this way.) The plates rattled, and when they were struck, they deformed, and traumatic sharp edges formed on them.

In June 1947, American pilot Kenneth Arnold stated that while flying over the Cascade Mountains he saw several disc-shaped objects of unknown origin, and with his light hand a new term appeared in the newspapers - a flying saucer (flying saucer). And in early July, the American press spread a real sensation around the world: an alien aircraft crashed in the state of New Mexico! The whole world was discussing the story that firmly fixed the term "flying saucer" in the minds of people. Perhaps this is what prompted two American veteran pilots of World War II - Walter Morrison and Warren Franzoni - to invent a plastic analogue of the Frisbie's Pies pallet.

The plate material was Tenite celluloid plastic developed by Eastmen Kodak. However, Tenite turned out to be too fragile and short-lived - the discs cracked when they hit the asphalt and fell, so later, in 1953, it was replaced with polyethylene, which became the main material for making toys. Mass production of discs began in 1951, but the first version, despite all attempts to advertise the toy in connection with alien flying saucers, did not have much success (by that time Franzoni had left the partnership).

By the mid-1950s, Morrison had greatly improved the flying disc, and the inventor's demonstrations attracted numerous spectators. Many were sure that the saucer could not fly on its own, and tried to examine the wires trailing behind it. The quick-witted Morrison charged one dollar for the "invisible wire" and gave the "magic" disk for free.

Frisbee
Dog catches frisbee

At one of the demonstrations, the disc was seen by Arthur Melin and Richard Knerr, owners of the WHAM-O toy company. They immediately appreciated the potential of a simple but effective plate, and soon Morrison sold them all the rights. In 1957, a plate called Pluto Platter appeared on store shelves. In 1958, when Morrison received a patent for his invention, the manufacturers decided to return to the historical name (changing one letter to avoid litigation) - Frisbee.

Author: S.Apresov

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