Gazza
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Another turnaround (Seen coming in on the left) contains a "fly to lie", where guests are flipped onto their backs again.
After the first drop trains are swept around an overbanked turn (Seen on the right)
A short drop off the lift leads into the "lie to fly", where the track twists over as it curves around the U turn. This puts riders face down for the first drop.
Riders ascend the lift hill on their backs.
A look at the mechanics of the ride. Guests are held in by a padded vest that clips across the chest, as well as a lap bar with shin rests. A roller is on the side of each row of seats. The yellow "claw" pulls down on the roller to recline the seats prior to departure, and pushes up to raise them at the end of the ride.
A flipping section of track diverts trains between the two sides of the station.
The ride utilises a double loading station, so a train can re-enter the station whilst the other one is still parked on the other side. Flying coasters are slightly more involved in terms of harness safety checks, and the process of raising and lowering the seats takes time too, so the split station avoids any delays for guests getting off at the end of the ride.
Before being sent around the ride the seats are reclined back fully.
Guests are seated in reclined seats.
The layout in its entirety.
Firehawk is a "Flying Dutchman" coaster, where guests are suspended face down and fly like a bird.
A tangled mess of 824m of track, featuring 4 inversions is crammed into the main ride building.
Riders board the train, and are launched directly from the station into the darkness of "space".
Inside the UFO, bodies are being held in stasis.
The queue leads into the UFO.
Theming.
Aliens = biohazard.
Theming.
All sorts of analysis is taking place on the UFO.
The rides storyline is communicated via TVs.
Reportedly, the government is "coming clean" on the issue of UFOs.
