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On July 6, 2007 Trains Designer Steve Okamoto of Dynamic Design in California tours Knoebels “Flying Turns” for the first time. Steve is accompanied by Jim Martini of Knoebels, Construction Supervisor Leonard Adams, and Associate Supervisor Leonard Adams III.
After an absence of nearly four decades – and roughly seventy years since last constructed in the United States – the “Flying Turns” is back! With virtually no available historic plans or construction documentation, park president Dick Knoebel, ride designer John Fetterman, construction consultant Leonard Adams, and the entire design and construction crew are in the final stages of a 20 month construction project, building an all-new ‘classic’ coaster… rekindling a passion and craftsmanship thought lost to time.
In the fall of 2006, Storytellers Media Group out of Cleveland was granted permission by Knoebels to document the construction of the “Flying Turns.” Flying Turns - Resurrecting a Legend will provide a detailed account of the project through exclusive never-before-seen video, photographs and interviews. In addition, the DVD will include “Special Features” about Knoebels Amusement Resort and the “Flying Turns.”
It’s your chance to be a part of this historic one-of-a-kind project. See, hear and experience what it takes to bring back a legend. Then visit Knoebels in 2008 and ride the “Flying Turns” for yourself. There’s nothing else like it in the world!
Flying Turns - Resurrecting a Legend --- available on DVD Summer 2008.
