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Air (roller coaster)
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| Location | Alton Towers |
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| Park section | Forbidden Valley |
| Type | Steel - Flying |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | March 16, 2002 |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | John Wardley |
| Model | Flying Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 66 feet (20.1 m) |
| Drop | 53 feet (16.2 m) |
| Length | 2,756 feet (840.0 m) |
| Max speed | 46.6 miles per hour (75.0 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1:40 |
| Max vertical angle | 42° |
| Capacity | 1,500 riders per hour |
| Cost | £12,000,000 |
| Acceleration | no launch |
| Max G force | 3.5 |
| Height restriction | 54 inches (137.2 cm) |
| Air at RCDB Pictures of Air at RCDB |
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Air is a steel flying coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The ride was the first flying roller coaster to be made by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. Guests ride in a prone position and experience the feeling of flight by 'flying' close to the ground and under footpaths.
Air is located at the end of Forbidden Valley, near to Nemesis. The ride has loading bays in the station, allowing one train to be loaded while another is unloaded. After taking a seat and lowering the restraints,the station turns into a dark blue abyss, the ground drops, the seats then rotate 90° forward leaving the passenger facing the ground. As with the Corkscrew, Air has a lift hill painted dark green to camouflage it within the trees.[citation needed]
The ride commences with a short passage through a tunnel out of the station, followed by a lift hill. The first drop dips to the right, rises up to a 180 degree turn, and drops down in to a large drop to ground level. The track then twists over so the riders are riding on their backs, performing a large upward left turn before twisting back so riders are once again in the prone position, flying underneath a small ravine. The track then pitches up in to a tight turn before performing a 360 degree barrell roll, banking over the service garage and dropping in to a swooping anti-clockwise turnaround. The train hits the brake run and re-enters one of the two stations.
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| Other rides: | Hex - The Legend of the Towers · Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride · Congo River Rapids | ||
| Past rides: | Around The World In 80 Days · Toyland Tours · Nickelodeon: Outta Control · Doom & Sons · The Black Hole | ||
| See also: | Cariba Creek · Merlin Entertainments | ||
Categories: Articles with unsourced statements since November 2007 | All articles with unsourced statements | Steel roller coasters | Flying roller coasters | Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters | Articles with unsourced statements since September 2007 | Buildings and structures in Staffordshire | Roller coasters in the United Kingdom