Flyer


Ride Name: Flyer
Ride Type: Rollercoaster
Manufacture: Philadelphia Toboggan Company
Designed by: John Allen
Height: 36 feet
Arrival Date: 1957
First Test Run: May 24, 1957
Removal Date: 1989

Flyer station at night, 1962

Hunt’s Pier at dusk, August 1961

The red train returning to the station, May 1963

September 1964

September 1966

Actor Mickey Shaughnessy riding the FLYER, April 1967

The lift hill and first drop, September 1967

The Flyer Station, August 1969

The blue train racing over the lift hill, 1968

A unique view of the eastern most part of the circuit, 1969

The wooden circuit weaves over and under

A photo taken from atop the Giant Slide, 1970

The concession stand under the station on the boardwalk featuring a sign wrapped around the Flyer station that reads, “A thrilling ride over the ocean”

A look at the back of the ride from Jungle Land, September 1973

This photo was taken from the Log Flume, August 1974

It Front of the pier, 1975

It seems that the colors of the flags correspond with the hue of the oval signs beneath them.

This photo was taken from the Giant Slide at Morey’s Pier

This This image is from a postcard, 1984

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Flyer Demolition

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