{"id":327,"date":"2020-01-01T07:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T07:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2020-01-22T04:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:29:14","slug":"air-racer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/tower-section\/air-racer\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Racer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<strong> Year Installed: <\/strong>\n\n\n1984\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Last Year Operated: <\/strong>\n\n\n1999\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Section: <\/strong>\n\n\nTower\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Manufacturer: <\/strong>\n\n\nIntamin \n\n\n\n<br><strong> Other Names and Nicknames: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Great Air Racer was a high swing ride installed for the 1984 season. The ride units were shaped to look like barn-storming bi-planes. Each plane was designed to hold six, with three seats, each holding two adult riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/tower\/airracer\/flying.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/tower\/airracer\/airrace.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the twelve planes were loaded, a structure rose up the middle of a large tower structure. The planes, each connected to cables, rose in the air with the structure. As the planes rose, they began to spin around the tower. Eventually, the force of the spinning planes forced them to spin further and further from the tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/tower\/airracer\/airrace2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At their highest, they were nearly 100 feet off of the ground. The plans reached a spin rate of 36 miles per hour. After a few minutes of spinning, the rotation slowed and the planes began their descent back to the tarmac below them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/tower\/airracer\/amplane.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The ride was installed by Intamin and cost two million dollars. A sister ride was built at the Six Flags over Georgia park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It was removed after the 1999 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/tower\/airracer\/taair1.jpg\" alt=\"taair1.jpg (50009 bytes)\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Great Air Racer was a high swing ride installed for the 1984 season. The ride units were shaped to look like barn-storming bi-planes. Each plane was designed to hold six, with three seats, each holding two adult riders. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the twelve planes were loaded, a structure rose up the middle of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/tower-section\/air-racer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Air Racer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":288,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,31,77],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/1157"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}