Superman: Ultimate Flight, Flying roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, US.
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia. Its red track with yellow rails runs 2,759 feet (841 m) on blue supports, reaching 106 feet (32 m) high with a 100-foot (30 m) first drop. Riders board sitting, then the train tilts them face-down into flying position. The circuit includes a 78-foot (24 m) pretzel loop and a 270-degree helix entered through a short tunnel cut into the hilly terrain.
The installation opened in April 2002 as the second flying coaster built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard worldwide. It followed Air at Alton Towers in England, which had opened just weeks earlier.
The ride is named after DC Comics' Superman, and its colours copy the character's comic-book palette: blue supports, yellow rails and red track. The queue sits inside the ride's footprint and carries Superman theming, and the park's sign shows a red and yellow shield emblem.
Riders board sitting down in the station, then the seats tilt them face-down into flying position before departure. The dual-platform station lets two trains load or unload at once, so a third train is always ready to dispatch. Each train has seven cars of four riders in a single row.
The pretzel loop was introduced here for the first time and turns riders into a horizontal position facing downward during the ride. The speed reaches approximately 82 kilometers per hour (51 miles per hour) at that point.
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