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Skytrak - Granada Studios (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK)

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Roller Coaster: Skytrak
Gladiators Skytrak
Amusement Park: Granada Studios (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Steel - Flying
Status: Defunct
Operated from 10/1997 to 1998
Builder: Skytrak International
Maps: Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Capacity: 240 riders per hour
 
Length: 1,282 ft 
Height: 50 ft 
Inversions: 0 
Speed: 28 mph 
G-Force: 2.5 
 
Trains: 5 cars. Riders are arranged inline in a single row for a total of 1 riders per car.
Restrictions: Riders must be 55 in or taller to ride.
 
Facts: This was the world first "flying" roller coaster.
  The ride was scheduled to open the summer of 1997, but troubles delayed it's opening.  It briefly opened in October of 1997.  The roller coaster opened in 1998, but Granada Studios then closed the same season.  The ride was later scrapped.
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