Disco Volante (disambiguation)

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The term Disco Volante (flying disc) may refer to;

• The flying discs thought by many to have come from Atlantis - no evidence exists for this theory
  • This is referenced in Terry Pratchetts' The Colour of Magic, where the mercantile culture of Krill uses discs powered by magic and piloted by hydrophobes (who hate, nay detest water)

• Disco Volante (ship) is also the name of the (then) high tech ship in Ian Fleming's Thunderball.

Disco Volante could also be a more prestigious name for;

• Flying Saucers

• The ship envisaged by the Nazi Jenseitsflugmaschine (other world round flying ship) project

[edit] Other Uses

• The album 'Disco Volante' by the band Mr. Bungle
• The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante concept car