Top Gun (Canada's Wonderland)

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Top Gun
Top Gun ride in progress
Location	Canada's Wonderland
Park Section	Grand World Exposition of 1890
Type	Steel - Inverted
Status	Open
Opened	1995
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Model	SLC (689m Standard)
Lift/launch system	Chain lift
Height	109.25 feet (33.3 m)
Length	2,260.5 feet (689 m)
Max speed	49.7 mile per hour (80 km/h)
Inversions	5
Duration	1:36
Capacity	1040 riders per hour
Height Restriction	54 inches (137.2 cm)
Top Gun at RCDB
Pictures of Top Gun at RCDB

This article is about a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland. For other roller coasters called Top Gun, see Top Gun (roller coaster).

Top Gun is a steel, inverted roller coaster, located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is based on the 1986 film Top Gun, and is meant to simulate the feeling of riding in an F-14 fighter jet. The ride is heavily themed after the movie, with various props alongside the line-up, including models of the F-14 aircraft, hangars, radar installations, army trucks, and informational posters about the making of the movie. In its early inception the ride was known as the flagship ride in the park, however, recently the ride has massivly lost popularity. The steel line guides that once held anxious riders now are usually empty. A rider now can usually walk though the long steel maze to a less than ten minute wait for the ride.