Firehawk Debuts at Kings Island
Kings Island celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2007 by soaring to new heights with its 14th roller coaster, Firehawk. Debuting Memorial Day Weekend, this innovative flying coaster propels willing test pilots 115 feet in the air and through five inversions at speeds of more than 50 mph – all while facing the ground, experiencing the inconceivable feeling of human flight.
The best of the best begin their mission just behind Flight of Fear roller coaster in Coney Mall. After boarding their four-across yellow and red pilot seats, guests are lowered backward and begin their ascent up the 115-foot-tall red and steel gray lift hill, only to be flipped over and jetted at top speeds through ½ mile of steel track over the course of 2 minutes and 30 seconds!
Firehawk joins a portfolio of 13 award-winning, industry-leading roller coasters including The Beast (the world’s longest wooden coaster), Son of Beast (the world’s tallest and fastest wooden coaster), Flight of Fear (the world’s first coaster with LIM launch technology), Vortex (the country’s first six-inversion coaster) and Rugrat’s Runaway Reptar (the world’s first inverted coaster for children).
Read about my trip to Paramount’s Kings Island
OMG! This ride made me almost through up and pass out! This ride should be for adolts ONLY! A little girl got stuck on tis ride on the yellow train about 10 years old!
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make sure the kids have something to hold on to i could barly reach the handelbars and that is really scary!:)
I rode this ride a bunch of times when it was the X-flight at geauga lake! i was soooo upset when it was taken away. i actually saw it in the middle of winter i peices in the parking lot. amusement parks are creepy when they are shut down. well now all the roller costers are gone becuase Geauga Lake shut down…. now i have to go all the way to cedar point to get my thrill. lol