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Whizzer
Steel Jet at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 1976.
- Height
- 70 ft
- Drop
- 64 ft
- Top speed
- 45 mph
- Length
- 3,100 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min
- Designer
- Schwarzkopf
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/whizzer (Park page: Whizzer in Hometown Square, introduced 1976, Schwarzkopf; classic steel spiral coaster running since the park opened; speeds topping 45 mph; ACE Coaster Landmark; 42-inch minimum height (36 inches accompanied).)
- rcdb.com/113.htm (RCDB: Whizzer, operating since 1976; Schwarzkopf Speed Racer / Extended Jumbo Jet with electric spiral lift; length 3,100 ft, height 70 ft, drop 64 ft, 42 mph, 0 inversions, duration 2:00; called Willard's Whizzer 1976-1980.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (Willard's Whizzer was one of the park's three opening coasters in 1976; the Schwarzkopf spiral-lift coaster is the last of its kind.)
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