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[[de:frisbee]]

While the word '''Frisbee''' is claimed as a [[trademark]] of the [[Wham-O]] toy company, the term is often used [[genericized trademark|generically]] to describe flying discs similar to those made by that company. They are generally [[plastic]], roughly 8 to 10 inches (20-25 cm) in [[diameter]], with a lip. They are designed to fly [[aerodynamic]]ally when thrown with [[rotation]] and can be caught by hand and/or mouth.

The shape and quality of frisbees varies significantly, a high quality frisbee easily flies several times as far as a cheap frisbee. [[Disc golf]] disks are usually smaller in diameter but more dense and are tailored for particular flight profiles such as stability or distance. When it was discovered that [[dog]]s enjoyed chasing and retrieving the slow moving discs, special frisbees were eventually designed with more pliable material that would more resistant to damage when the dog caught one in its mouth.

Many frisbee-like discs are shaped like a frisbee with a large hole in the centre, such discs known as ''aerofoils'' typically fly significantly farther.

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[[Image:frisbee-1.jpg|Wham-O Professional Frisbee]]
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The Flyin-Saucer, originally invented by [[Walter Frederick Morrison]] and codeveloped and financed by [[Warren Franscioni]] in [[1948]], was unsuccessful, but a later model made by Morrison in [[1955]] and sold as the "Pluto Platter" was bought by Wham-O in [[1957]]. Wham-O renamed the toy in [[1958]] to "Frisbee", a (probably deliberate) misspelling of the name of the [[Frisbie Pie Company]] of [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], whose [[pie]] tins had been used by college students in the area for similar purposes. The first flying disks were produced on [[January 13]], 1957.

Upon his death, Morrison was [[cremation|cremated]] and his ashes turned into Frisbees.

==Frisbee Games==

* [[Ultimate frisbee]]
* [[Guts frisbee]]
* [[Disc golf]]
* [[Durango Boot]]
* [[DDC Frisbee]]

==Other==
*[[Frisbeetarianism]]
*[http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa980218.htm Frisbee, about.com]
* <i>Frisbee, A Practitioner's Manual and Definitive Treatise</i> Stancil E.D. Johnson, M.D. Workman Publishing Company, New York (July, 1975) ISBN 0-911104-53-4

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