Flying Fish (roller coaster)
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| Flying Fish | |
 Flying Fish Entrance |
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| Location | Thorpe Park |
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| Park section | Amity Cove |
| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | (1987 originally), March 10, 2007 |
| Manufacturer | MACK Rides |
| Designer | Blauer Enzian |
| Model | Powered |
| Lift/launch system | Powered coaster |
| Height | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Length | 767 ft (234 m) |
| Max speed | 18.8 mph (30.3 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Capacity | 800 (1300 according to manufacturer) riders per hour |
| Cost | £1 million to Rebuild |
| Flying Fish at RCDB Pictures of Flying Fish at RCDB |
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The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was formerly known as Space Station Zero and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built in 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.
[edit] History
Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in 1990 before the park moved it outside and renamed it The Flying Fish.[1]
[edit] Return
In early 2006, Thorpe Park submitted a planning application to rebuild the Flying Fish in a new location. It is installed in the Amity Cove area and is located between Depth Charge and Tidal Wave. The ride opened on March 10, 2007 with a new colour scheme, on-ride camera, and new lap bar restraints. Previously the lap bars had been a single bar for two riders sitting next to each other, there is now an individual lap bar for each rider.
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