Flight Deck (Great America)

Infobox roller coaster
name= Flight Deck


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location= California's Great America
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type= Steel
type2= Inverted
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status= Open
opened= March 19, 1993
manufacturer= Bolliger & Mabillard
designer= Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
model= Custom
track=
lift=
height= 100
drop= 91
length= 2260
speed= 50
inversions= 3
duration= 2:26
angle=
capacity= 1330
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acceleration=
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restriction= 54
rcdb_number= 80

Flight Deck is a roller coaster located at California's Great America in Northern California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Flight Deck made its debut March 19, 1993. It is the park's most popular ride. This was Bolliger & Mabillard's second inverted coaster behind at Six Flags Great America. The third inverted coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard opened a little under two months later at Six Flags Great Adventure. The inverted roller coaster has become Bolliger & Mabillard's most popular brand of coaster. Flight Deck at Great America isn't quite as tall, nor as fast or long (in length) as its partner, Afterburn at Carowinds. At the end of the 2007 season, the ride was renamed from "Top Gun" to "Flight Deck", and renamed again in January as "Afterburn". It was then renamed back to "Flight Deck".

Flight Deck was also featured in a commercial for Excedrin in 2007. Flight Deck was named Top Gun when Great America was owned by Paramount Parks.

Ride Elements

*Loop
*Zero G roll
*Corkscrew/Wing Over