Flyer Addicts Research Blog

As a followup to our post last week on Burns Park Funland’ s Flying Scooter – The Butterfly – Flyer Addicts has put together a 4-minute video on our August 2010 visit.

Flyer Addicts visit the Butterfly at Burns Park Funland in North Little Rock, Arkansas to document and analyze this unique flying scooter.

Flyer Addicts takes an in-depth look at a 1939 Flying Scooter brochure from the Bisch family archives. The 4 page brochure gives great insight into the success of the early models.

Flyer Addicts looks at James W. Reed’s Amusement Park Guidebook – 1987 Edition to find a list of 22 Flying Scooters operating in 1987.

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.