| Flying Fish | |
| Flying Fish Entrance | |
| Location | Thorpe Park |
|---|---|
| Park section | Amity Cove |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | (1983 originally), March 10, 2007 |
| Cost | £1 million to Rebuild |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Mack Rides |
| Designer | Blauer Enzian |
| Model | Powered |
| Lift/launch system | Powered coaster |
| Height | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Drop | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Length | 767 ft (234 m) |
| Max speed | 18.8 mph (30.3 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Capacity | 1000 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 2.1 |
| 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 known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster built for 2006, only to be reinstalled in 2007 in another area of the park.
Space Station Zero opened in 1983 at Thorpe Park in England and was Thorpe Park's first roller coaster. The indoor ride closed in 1989 before the park moved it outside and renamed it The Flying Fish.[1] From the outside the building appeared to be a Georgian house but inside was themed around a space station. After boarding the train it traveled around a bend before being launched into space through a tunnel of flashing lights. The ride did two laps of the track, the first in the dark and the second lit by glitter balls to appear as stars. The ride was removed in 2005 to make room for the construction of Stealth.[1]
Flying Fish was reinstalled in 2007.[1] In is located in the Amity Cove area 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.
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