Flyer Addicts Research Blog

Granite Park was supposed to be open by now, but it appears that they have found themselves in financial troubles. According to the news, the park owes about 3 Million dollars to various businesses.

Help us figure out what Six Flags Over Georgia’s Phlying Phlurpus really is!

A couple of weeks ago, Google announced they would make available thousands of magazines through their Google Book Search. We immediately threw “Flying Scooter” in the search, and were extremely surprised to find the following gem in an October 1935 Popular Mechanics magazine: “Flying Scooter” Ride has Motions of Plane The short blurb could be [...]

FAA’s latest Billboard research found a previously unknown installation. Jantzen Beach Park (rcdb link) (Park 1928 to 1969) installed a flying scooter “near the Magic House” for the 1940 season. It is unknown what model the park, which was near Portland Oregon, received. A June 1 Billboard article says the new ride helped contribute to [...]

We’ve started systematically checking The Billboard magazines for Flying Scooter news. While Billboard today is known as a music magazine, back in the 30′s and 40s it was THE source of all entertainment news. From Theater to traveling Carnivals; from Vaudeville to the fixed Amusement Park. Since the magazine was based in Cincinnati, the Cincinnati [...]

You’ve found Flyer Addicts Anonymous’ new reserach blog. We’re doing alot of behind the scenes research on the Bisch-Rocco flying scooter, and here you’ll see what we’ve found out – way before we find how to integrate a specific fact to our full website. Also, the comment feature of this blog will allow you to [...]