Bobsled roller coaster

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A Bobsled roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the Bobsleigh winter sport.

Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel, however the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns were made of wood. As of 2007, there are no Flying Turns coasters in operation, however Knoebels in Pennsylvania is planning on opening the world's first modern flying turns coaster, Flying Turns, in 2007

[edit] Bobsled Coasters

Name	Park	Opened	Manufacturer	Status
Flying Turns	Euclid Beach	1930	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1934
Flying Turns	Rocky Point Park	1931	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1938
Flying Turns	Forest Park Highlands Amusement Park	1934	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1963
Flying Turns	Steeplechase Park	1934	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1939
Flying Turns	Riverview Park Formerly Century of Progress	1935 1933	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished Closed 1934
Lake Placid Bobsled	Palisades Amusement Park	1937	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1946
Bobsled	Coney Island Formerly Flushing Meadows Park	1941 1939	John Norman Bartlett	Demolished 1974 Closed 1940
Schweizer Bobbahn	Europa Park	1985	MACK Rides	Operating
Disaster Transport	Cedar Point	1985	Intamin AG	Operating
Bobbaan	Efteling	1985	Intamin AG	Operating
La Vibora Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled	Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Magic Mountain	1987 1986	Intamin AG	Operating Closed 1986
Avalanche	Kings Dominion	1988	MACK Rides	Operating
Avalanche	Pleasure Beach Blackpool	1988	MACK Rides	Operating
Munich Autobahn	Kobe Portopialand	1991	MACK Rides	Demolished 2006
Schweizer Bobbahn	Heide Park	1994	MACK Rides	Operating
Screamin' Delta Demon	Old Indiana Formerly Opryland USA	1998 1984	Intamin AG	Demolished 2006 Closed 1997
Alpine Bobsled Formerly Rolling Thunder Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled	The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great Adventure	1998 1989 1984	Intamin AG	Operating Closed 1995 Closed 1988
Trace Du Hourra	Parc Asterix	2001	MACK Rides	Operating
Flying Turns	Knoebels	2008	Knoebels	Under construction

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