X-Flight - SFGA

[GavG]

Gurnee, Ill. (September 1, 2011) ?????? Get ready to take flight! Six Flags Great America announces plans to add a state-of-the-art roller coaster for the 2012 season. X-Flight is a ground-breaking wing coaster featuring cutting-edge technology. The Gurnee theme park is the first to announce plans for a wing coaster in the U.S.

X-Flight will take riders on a flight that defies gravity, with no track above or below them. Riders sit in pairs, suspended on either side of the track with their feet dangling, as they begin their climb up a 12-story plunge launching them into speeds of 55mph through 3,000 feet of intense drops and five inversions, including a barrel roll and zero-g roll. One of the most adrenaline-pumping moments on the ride is an extreme fly-through where the coaster speeds straight toward a structure, before making a last-minute vertical flip to fit through a keyhole cut-out.

??????Six Flags Great America has a long history of introducing legendary rides and first-of-its-kind roller coasters,?????? said Hank Salemi, Six Flags Great America Park President. ??????What makes
X-Flight so unique is soaring through 3,000 feet of high-speed drops, loops and turns, with nothing above or below you. The coaster??????s train actually looks like a plane with seats suspended on either side of the track. It??????s like nothing you have ever experienced before. We are thrilled to bring this revolutionary wing coaster to our guests for the 2012 season.??????

X-Flight is designed by acclaimed Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, who also designed Six Flags Great America favorites: Raging Bull, SUPERMAN: Ultimate Flight and BATMAN: The Ride. The wing coaster will make its home in the County Fair section of the park. Construction begins this Fall. X-Flight is scheduled to open Spring of 2012.







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The layout kind of reminds me of The Swarm.

They're similar, though I'm glad not the same. More inversions here, and no oblique loop

Just gotta love that roll through the tower. But dang the straight rolls on these things must have just about the maximum lats that a roller coaster could have, right?

^ Agreed, that roll is way cool. It's not often you see scenery interaction that awesome.

Can't wait to ride this baby

[TheArchitect]

the trains just look so cool, i <3 B&M.

The rolls look like they have some airtime, depending on which side you sit on. This might actually live up to Iron Wolf.

^ or surpass it, perhaps?

possibly.... Iron Wolf is pretty kickass.

I live 40 mins from sfgam this coaster is gonna be AWESOME!!!

Testing vid

lol iMovie.

Looks a lot like Swarm obviously. It seems Wild Eagle will be the best of the Wing-Riders I think.

[gouldy]

Is it weird that I still think that the best looking Wing-rider is actually the original one? To me, Raptor still looks the best one, as a complete package, not just simply a layout.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I don't see the control tower thing.

Oh well still amazingtastical.

It'll probably come about the site later. So excited, that part's going to be one of the highlights, but this entire ride looks so amazing. I can't decide if I should go to SFGAm just for this or to King's Island and get on a lot more rides I've never been on before... Hmmm...

the flat turn before the second roll looks pretty nice, other than that and the future control tower it looks meh. I'm actually disaponted in the covers, they look dull while the other 3 are well designed and themed.

There are no covers on it yet. I cant wait to see how they look tho

Meh. Not impressed.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by GerstlCrazy

It'll probably come about the site later. So excited, that part's going to be one of the highlights, but this entire ride looks so amazing. I can't decide if I should go to SFGAm just for this or to King's Island and get on a lot more rides I've never been on before... Hmmm...

Go to King's Island so Ohio has to deal with your fumes

I know there are no covers on it, I meant the covers featured in the drawing

Hey hey that control tower is a big jump from SFGAm. Under Six Flags the theming evolved from- ShockWave "Parking Lot Coaster" to Superman "What used to be parking lot is now miraculously grass coaster" to X-Flight "The large control tower thingy coaster" So be happy it is a theming evolution that we are witnessing!

There's also the hanger that it goes through after the first zero-G roll.

Thinking about waking up at 3:00 am for media day [:D]

[Coasterkidmwm]

But you're not media....