Magic Flyer

Magic Flyer
Statistics
Park	Six Flags Magic Mountain
Location	Valencia, California, USA
Riders per train	12
Riders per hour	360
Manufacturer	Bradley & Kaye
Type	Kiddie
Height	10 feet (3 meters)
Top speed	10 mph (16.1 km/h)
Length	350 feet (106.7 meters)
Duration	0:30
Inversions	0
Maximum G-Force	2.1G

Magic Flyer is a Bradley & Kaye kiddie roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.

History

The coaster opened for operation on May 29, 1971, along with Gold Rusher with the opening of the park, then called Magic Mountain. The ride was originally known as "Clown Coaster" at the time. In 1985, the ride was given the name "Wile E. Coyote Coaster" until 1998, when the coaster was temporarily taken out of service. In 2001, it was renamed "Goliath Jr." after the park's new Hyper coaster following a complete rebuild of the ride's support structure. The cars and tracks were re-themed in orange and teal to match the look of the larger coaster. In 2008, it was again renamed to "Percy's Railway" with Percy as the front car & his Troublesome Trucks as bonus cars. When the park re-themed that section of the park in 2011 as Whistlestop Park, it was again re-named to "Magic Flyer".

According to a maintenance worker from Magic Mountain, this Bradley & Kaye coaster came from Beverly Park, where David Bradley had installed it as the first "Little Dipper" model in 1947. In 1970, it was moved to Valencia, California, where Magic Mountain was being built.

Photo gallery

The "Goliath Jr." sign, mimicking the entrance to the larger Goliath.

While operating as "Goliath Jr.", the train and tracks were painted orange and teal to resemble that of the larger Goliath.

As "Percy's Railway", the front car of the train was made to look like a locomotive and the rest were painted to look like wooden freight cars.

After being re-themed as "Magic Flyer", the Percy's face was removed from front of the locomotive.

External links

• Magic Flyer - Six Flags Magic Mountain official webpage at Six Flags
• Magic Flyer at Coasterpedia
• Magic Flyer at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Magic Flyer at the Six Flags Wiki
• Magic Flyer (roller coaster) at Wikipedia

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