Flying Turns (roller coaster)

Flying Turns is the name of a specific model of bobsled roller coaster. John Norman Bartlett, a British aviator in World War I, came to North America after the war with an idea for a trackless wooden chute, full of twists like a bobsled course, with toboggan-like cars, based on a bobsled ride that operated in Europe. He filed a patent for the idea in 1926. Bartlett met John Miller in 1928, and they commenced building the new ride. When the ride went into production, much of the idea was the same, but the cars looks more like monoplanes, which Bartlett designed. Miller worked on the loading station, supporting structure, braking system and incline.

Flying Turns installations

Year	Location	Notes
1929-193?	Lakeside Park, Dayton, Ohio	prototype
1930-1969	Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland, Ohio	the tallest version built
1931-1938	Rocky Point Park, Warwick, Rhode Island
1933-1934	Century of Progress World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois	moved to Riverview Park in Chicago
1934-1963	Forest Park Highlands Amusement Park, St. Louis, Missouri
1934-1939	Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York	destroyed by a fire in 1939
1935-1967	Riverview Park, Chicago, Illinois	relocated from the World's Fair
19??-late 1940s	Palisades Park, Palisades, New Jersey	new version named the Lake Placid Bobsled
1939-1940	New York World's Fair	last Bobsled ride built by Bartlett
1940-early 1970s	Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
1951-early 1970s	Fyns Tivoli, Odense, Denmark
Expected 2009	Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort, Elysburg, Pennsylvania	Being built from scratch by Knoebels' staff. Designed by John Fetterman from an original Miller and Bartlett design.