Flyer Addicts Research Blog

The Wichita County Fair in Leoti, Kansas has a Flying Scooter that operates just a few days a year.

Flyer Addicts visit the former Flying Eagles from Cincinnati at Carowinds.

Look in the coming weeks for new articles, including updates from Wild Adventures, a visit to Carowinds and their Woodstock Gliders, and some rare information from a really cool source.

Flyer Addicts Anonymous members visited Stricker’s Grove near Cincinnati on August 9th. Check out the history and a video of their vintage Bisch-Rocco Flying Scooter.

Who would defile Bisch-Rocco Flying Scooter? If its 1960, then the answer would be Bushkill Park in Eaton, Pennsylvania. The 8-car portable scooter was present in the park as early as 1943 and in the early 1960′s the ride was modified to the “Gemini 9″.

A 7-page assembly manual for a portable (8-car) Flying Scooter that includes a part list and maintenance recommendations was recently donated to our archive. We dissect it here. Thanks to Ken for this insight into the inner-workings of our obsession.

This ad from “The Billboard” caught our attention during a recent research session. This Flying Scooter was most likely a portable model as it was gas driven.

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 [...]