Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight 2005

Post by **steven** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:24 pm

Hi,

There's a new gallery added today with photos of Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight and photos from Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight in 2005. This includes a look at some more of the park's Halloween theming. The new gallery is here:

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/misc/skyride2005/

Steven

Bush985 · Post by **Bush985** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:01 pm

Glad you finally got a chance to ride.

Photos turned out nice.
See you around.
-RD

Post by **steven** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:36 pm

Hi, RD,

Thanks. It was nice to see you at the park.

Let us hear about how the trivia contest turned out when you have a chance.

Steven

BrianPlencner · Post by **BrianPlencner** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:56 am

Steven,

Thanks for sharing those pictures. I have never been to the CA park, and I always enjoy looking at pictures from that park.

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:23 am

Nice pics Steve. Does anyone know why the Gurnee DF/EF get torn down?

redfishpaw · Post by **redfishpaw** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:47 am

Very nice Gallery Steven. Love the aerial views. Thanks!

I hate what they did to the train station.

From this

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... dge005.jpg
to this

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/mis ... 101616.jpg

The Edge looked cool also

jonrev · Post by **jonrev** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:19 am

redfishpaw wrote: From this
http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... dge005.jpg
to this
http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/mis ... 101616.jpg

Sad

GAcoaster · Post by **GAcoaster** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:41 pm

jonrev wrote:Nice pics Steve. Does anyone know why the Gurnee DF/EF get torn down?

I'm not sure why they were removed, but I know the cars were relocated to SFGAdv. Somewhere I have a picture of the cars sitting in the maintenance yard with the Great America logos still on them. They're still in operation though in this picture they've been taken off their hangers for the off-season: http://amusementpics.com/Notes/SFGAdv09 ... 20copy.jpg

Post by **steven** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:59 pm

Thanks for the kind feedback on the photos!

For me, the removal of Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight from Gurnee was one of the worst things ever done to that park (rivaling the much-later removal of Sky Whirl). Ever since then, Gurnee lost most of its appeal to me. This is mainly because I love the skyrides so much and also because the Gurnee Eagle's Flight was the first ride that I worked. The summer spent on Eagle's Flight was one of the most enjoyable and most memorable that I've ever had.

GAcoaster, I did hear a long time ago that the Gurnee skyride cabins were sent to Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGAd). I'd love to see the photo you have of them sitting at their new home still displaying the GREAT AMERICA logos. How many were sent? If SFGAd got all of them from both Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight and Southern Cross, that would have been eighty-four cabins. How many does SFGAd have today?

Steven

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:46 pm

in this link, and many pictures of the Southern Cross Skyride the cabins are very low because they caused the cable to sag, how come this does not happen today on the SC skyride? Does it have to do with a regulation passed for safety (less cabins allowed at once) or were less cabins needed over time?

Very low, many cabins:
http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... oss011.jpg

Nat sagging, few cabins:
http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... oss030.jpg

ronald · Post by **ronald** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:53 pm

hi where are those pictures on this website?i did not see them in this section of the site unless i missed them .thank you

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:36 pm

Yeah Steven hasn't put in an Eagle's Flight/ Delta flyer page so I used the Southern Cross pictures in the rides section under Orleans Place. Also when you get to thumbnailsview there are sometimes more than one page of thumbnails so you press next for more( I think thats what your asking because it happened to me)

that_guy · Post by **that_guy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:41 pm

I have a question:
Was the Delta Flyer/ Eagle's Flight sky ride taken out by Marriott, or was that after the season and the Six Flags takeover?

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/sg/rid ... ing003.jpg

GAcoaster · Post by **GAcoaster** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:24 pm

steven wrote:I'd love to see the photo you have of them sitting at their new home still displaying the GREAT AMERICA logos. How many were sent? If SFGAd got all of them from both Delta Flyer / Eagle's Flight and Southern Cross, that would have been eighty-four cabins. How many does SFGAd have today?

Steven

I am searching my photos trying to find it. GAdv has about 60 cars on the ride currently, and I believe there are a bunch more still sitting in the maintenance yard, so I would guess we got them all.

GAcoaster · Post by **GAcoaster** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:53 pm

I still haven't been able to find the pic I have of the Great America logo cars in the maintenance yard, but I did just post a bunch of pics of the Gurnee cars as they are today at Great Adventure: http://amusementpics.com/Skyride.htm

They were modified after they were put into service, with additional bars being added to keep people form climbing out (I believe this was done after a man climbed out of the skyride at Disneyland).