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Air (Alton Towers)
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:40 am
by nemesis567
Air was the worlds first flying coaster. Riders are strapped in to the cars, which are then tilted upwards in a 'superman' position. It consists of a fly to lie, barrel roll and various helices and dips. It was designed by Tussauds imagineer John Wardley, and manufactured by B&M. It opened in 2002 and is located in the Forbidden Valley area, adjacent to Nemesis.
Name: Air
Manufacturer: B&M
Designer: John Wardley
Type: Flying Coaster
Height: 82ft
Length: 2,756 ft
Speed: 46 mph
Re: Air
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:17 am
by Simba
Here is a video I found of Air
Re: Air
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:21 am
by nemesis567
^ cool.
Hope you don't mind me doing these topics.
Re: Air
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:25 am
by Simba
Re: Air
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:30 am
by nemesis567
That's it, leave us to do the work

Re: Air
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:39 pm
by Simba
Blue Peter with Air before it opened in 2002
Re: Air
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:33 pm
by Thekingin64
This is the only flying coaster to do what they are supposed to do. Make it feel like your flying. You wouldn't do random inversions while flying.
It is a very fun coaster.
Re: Air (Alton Towers)
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:04 pm
by Simba
You do feel like you are flying on Manta (Seaworld Orlando) but I know what you mean, some of them do have really odd inversions which ruin the flying experience.
Re: Air (Alton Towers)
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:57 pm
by Thekingin64
Since when has a bird ever done a pretzel loop while flying?
Other than the occasinal twist or fly-to-lie, flyers shouldn't have any inversions.
Re: Air (Alton Towers)
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:02 pm
by Simba