Flying Fish (roller coaster)

Flying Fish
Flying Fish Entrance
Location	Thorpe Park
Park section	Amity Cove
Coordinates	51.405198°N 0.513922°W / 51.405198; -0.513922
Status	Operating
Opened	(1983 originally), March 10, 2007
Cost	£1 million to Rebuild
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	Mack Rides
Designer	Blauer Enzian
Model	Powered
Lift/launch system	Powered coaster
Height	20 ft (6.1 m)
Drop	13 ft (4.0 m)
Length	767 ft (234 m)
Max speed	16.8 mph (27.0 km/h)
Inversions	0
Capacity	1000 riders per hour
Max G force	2.1
Single rider line available
Flying Fish at RCDB
Pictures of Flying Fish at RCDB
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The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built for 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.

History

Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in 1989 before the park moved it outside and renamed it The Flying Fish. From the outside the building appeared to be a Georgian house but inside was themed around a space station. After boarding the train it traveled around a bend before being launched into space through a tunnel of flashing lights. The ride did two laps of the track, the first in the dark and the second lit by glitter balls to appear as stars. The ride was removed in 2005 to make room for the construction of Stealth.

Flying Fish was reinstalled in 2007. In is located in the Amity Cove area between Depth Charge and Tidal Wave. The ride opened on March 10, 2007 with a new colour scheme, on-ride camera, and new lap bar restraints.

External links

• Flying Fish at Total Thorpe Park
• Flying Fish at ThemeParks-UK