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Flight Deck

Steel Inverted at California's Great America, Santa Clara, California. Opened 1993.

Height
102 ft
Drop
91 ft
Top speed
50 mph
Length
2,260 ft
Inversions
3
Ride time
2 min 26 s
Designer
Bolliger & Mabillard

Sources

  • sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/attractions/flight-deck (Park page: Flight Deck (originally Top Gun), steel inverted coaster; up to 50 mph; loop, two 270-degree turns, wingover, zero-gravity roll; introduced 1993; 54-inch minimum, 78-inch maximum height.)
  • rcdb.com/80.htm (RCDB: Flight Deck, California's Great America, operating; B&M inverted coaster, custom; length 2,260 ft, height 102 ft, drop 91 ft, 50 mph, 3 inversions, duration 2:26; loop, zero-G roll, corkscrew; former name Top Gun.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Deck_(California%27s_Great_Amer... (Opened March 20, 1993 as Top Gun; renamed Flight Deck in 2006 after Cedar Fair bought the Paramount parks; B&M's second inverted coaster; 102 ft, 91 ft drop, 50 mph, 2,260 ft, 3 inversions, 2:26.)

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