Gazza
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Straight after the first drop guests are curiously flipped onto their backs....While it isn't flying, it is quite a forceful part of the ride.
Despite the apparent low height, the ride does pick up a nice bit of speed on the first drop.
After a tunnel from the station guests emerge into daylight as they ascend the lift.
An elaborate system moves the seats from an upright to face down position. Motors force a large beam that runs the length of the station to move downwards. This bar presses down on an arm at the front of each row of seats, which causes the seats to swing up backwards like a lever.
So what is a flying coaster? One which guests are suspended face down to simulate the feeling of flight.
Air is Alton Towers flying coaster, it's claim to fame being that it was the first of this type built by Bolliger & Mabillard.
The area around the ride has plenty of vantage points, yet the ride has been designed so the whole ride cannot be seen from a single place.
Track everywhere!
The rather elaborate entrance sign.
The station has a real gritty, industrial feel.
From the corkscrew a tight turn under the lift hill of Air whips guests into the brake run.
A look at the corkscrew from the other side as it sweeps past the Mushroom Cloud Luxury Tours bus.
...And into a corkscrew centimeters from the ground.
After the fan turn the track yet again dives underground....
After short tunnel after the vertical loop riders head around a fan turn, one of the only moments of respite in the ride.
A large drop back down into the valley leads riders into the vertical loop.
The top of the stall turn.
After the zero-g-roll the train lassos around a stall turn.
"Upside down, upside down."
