According to the World Flying Disk Federation, the world distance record for a flying disk throw in the men’s 85-years-and-older category is held by Jack Roddick of Pennsylvania, who on July 13, 2007, at the age of 86, threw a flying disk for a distance of 54.0 m. If the flying disk was thrown horizontally with a speed of 13.0 m/s, how long did the flying disk remain aloft? (Jack Roddick was also a physics teacher! Read more about him at