Missile (American Adventure Theme Park)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Missile
Amusement Park:			American Adventure Theme Park (Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct SBNO during 2005 Operated from 7/4/1989 to 2004
Relocations:			Glasgow Gardens as Coca-Cola Roller American Adventure Theme Park as Missile Pleasurewood Hills as Wipeout
Make / Model:			Vekoma / Other / Boomerang
Dimensions:			288' 9" x 98' 5"
Capacity:			760 riders per hour

Length:			935'
Height:			116' 6"
Inversions:			3
Speed:			47 mph
Duration:			1:48
G-Force:			5.2
Elements:			Cobra Roll Loop

Trains:			Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders.
Restrictions:			Riders must be 48" or taller to ride.
Built by:			Vekoma

History:			Oficially launched by Apollo11 lunar-module pilot Buzz Aldrin on 7/4/1989.
Theme:			Originally painted white and repainted gray and Blue in the mid to late 1990s.
Facts:			The original Arrow train was switched with the newer Vekoma train taken from the La Via Volta at Walibi World before the Wipeout opened at Pleasurewood Hills in 2007.

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