Why?, Where?,
When?
Air info will be coming soon.
But What
Is It Like?
As you enter the station area
you can see just how complex the systems are, like a huge
meccano set. The familiar queue bays are there, labelled as
"air gate 1" and so on.
You climb
into the comfy seats and pull down the slightly unusual restraints,
flaps securing your legs in place at the same time. Then the
rows are smoothly tilted into the flying position whilst the
station lighting changes from the bright white to a deep purple
and a voice says "prepare for air...assume the position...now
FLY!". At this point you notice how comfortable the restraints
are, you can totally relax and feel perfectly safe and secure.
You move through
the first tunnel quite quickly and up onto the lift hill.
The ground gets further and further away, you crest the lifthill
and your flight begins. A small drop gives the train a bit
of speed and you fly round a highly banked 180 degree turn
before heading back up again and diving round down to the
ground. There's some fabulous floaty airtime on this drop.
After the close encounter with the ground it's back up into
the sky for the first twist of the ride, you're flipped onto
your back and dive down towards the queue line, just feet
away before a swooping climb over the queue entrances. Then
by suprise you spin back round onto your front and through
the second tunnel, once again you can almost touch the ground
at this point, straight out the tunnel and into a tight 180
degree turn, then you're spun right round in the final twist
on the ride. For the finale you head behind the mound and
perform a rather spectacular helix before hitting the brake
run.
Air is a unique experience
that makes a refreshing change to the usual 'scary' coasters
such as Nemesis and Oblivion.
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Present
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Pictures
from the past
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pictures available
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Construction
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See
AIR - A Coaster In The Making
Coming Soon....
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Submit
your photos
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If
you have photos we can use, especially from the past
or construction periods, then please email them to us
at pictures@towersalmanac.com
(No bigger than
100k please)
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