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Flight Deck

California's Great America

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Seated in trains suspended from the overhead, inverted steel track Flight Deck takes you on a wild ride designed to resemble a fighter jet. Here you'll experience a nine-story drop into a vertical loop, a weightless zero-G roll over the ride's entrance and a thrilling finale consisting of a corkscrew inversion into high-speed helix while flying over a body of water at California's Great America.

Roller Coaster Stats

Year Track Type Designer
1993 Steel Inverted Multielement Bolliger & Mabillard
  • Height
    102
    feet
  • Drop
    91
    feet
  • Length
    2,260
    feet
  • Top Speed
    50
    miles per hour
  • Inversions
    3
    upside down elements
  • Ride Time
    2 minutes, 20 seconds
    minutes : seconds
  • Ride Capacity
    1380
    riders per hour
  • Number Of Trains
    2 - 28 passenger
     

Flight Deck Facts & History

2008 – Top Gun renamed Flight Deck

Inversions: Vertical Loop, Zero-G Roll, Corkscrew

Opening date: March 19, 1993

Train has seven cars with one row each, seating four abreast per row.

Height requirement: Riders must be at least 54 inches tall

Where to Coast

Visit California's Great America to ride this roller coaster.

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