Skytrak

Former roller coaster

Skytrak

Skytrak in operation

Granada Studios Tour
Location| Granada Studios Tour
Coordinates| 53°28′41″N 2°15′26″W﻿ / ﻿53.478128°N 2.257115°W﻿ / 53.478128; -2.257115
Status| Removed
Opening date| October 1997 (1997-10)
Closing date| 1998 (1998)
General statistics
Type| Steel – Flying
Manufacturer| Skytrak International
Height| 50 ft (15 m)
Length| 1,282 ft (391 m)
Speed| 28 mph (45 km/h)
Capacity| 240 riders per hour
G-force| 2.5
Height restriction| 55 in (140 cm)
Skytrak at RCDB

Skytrak was a flying roller coaster located at Granada Studios Tour amusement park in Castlefield, Manchester, England. Opened in October 1997, it was the first flying roller coaster in the world,[1] in which riders were tilted forward to experience the sensation of flying. It was named after an event from the Gladiators television series,[2] and was the only roller coaster constructed by Skytrak International, a subsidiary of Fairport Engineering.[3]

The ride was a "solo coaster" having only one person per car, which along with a complicated boarding process limited capacity to between 200 and 240 riders per hour.[2][4] Issues with the ride delayed its opening by several months, and it continued to suffer reliability issues.[2] It closed in 1998, with the park closing soon after. The ride was eventually removed and scrapped.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Sehlinger, Bob; Testa, Len; Bleiberg, Larry (2011). The Unofficial Guide to Britain's Best Days Out, Theme Parks and Attractions. Wiley. p. 25\. ISBN 978-0-470-68313-2. OCLC 829995870.
2. ^ a b c Grimsditch, Lee (2022-10-01). "Skytrak: The lost Manchester 'flying' rollercoaster that only lasted a year". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
3. ^ Marden, Duane. "Skytrak International". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
4. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Skytrak (Granada Studios Tour)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

## External links

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* Remembered: Granada Studios Tour[usurped]
* Video of Skytrak on YouTube

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Subsidiaries and operations|

* Granada Studios Tour (1988-2001)
* London Weekend Television (1994)
* Yorkshire Television (1997)
* Tyne Tees Television (1997)
* Meridian Broadcasting (2000)
* Anglia Television (2000)
* 3SixtyMedia (2000)
* Border Television (2001)

Programmes produced by Granada
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* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* Albion Market
* Coronation Street
* University Challenge
* World in Action
* Band of Gold
* Blue Murder
* Brideshead Revisited
* Britannia High
* Casanova
* Cold Feet
* Colditz
* Come Dine with Me
* The Corridor People
* Cracker
* Cribb
* Crown Court
* The Cuckoo Waltz
* The Deal
* Dirty Filthy Love
* Doctor Zhivago
* Eleventh Hour
* A Family at War
* First Among Equals
* Island at War
* Jeeves and Wooster
* The Jeremy Kyle Show
* The Jewel in the Crown
* The Krypton Factor
* The Last Train
* Laurence Olivier Presents
* Lewis
* Life Begins
* Living with Michael Jackson
* Lost Empires
* The Lovers
* Marc
* Nearest and Dearest
* Northern Lights
* City Lights
* Christmas Lights
* The Perfect Match
* The Practice
* Prime Suspect
* Reckless
* The Royle Family
* Sex Traffic
* The Street
* Surgical Spirit
* See No Evil: The Moors Murders
* So It Goes
* The Stars Look Down
* Thatcher: The Final Days
* This Morning
* Tonight
* Up series
* Vincent
* Watching
* Wired
* What the Papers Say
* Wood and Walters

Notable personnel|

* Sidney Bernstein (founder)
* David Plowright
* Denis Forman
* Jack Rosenthal
* Michael Apted
* Jeremy Isaacs
* Gus Macdonald
* Andy Harries
* Paul Greengrass
* Nicola Shindler
* Paul Abbott
* Russell T Davies
* Tom Hooper
* Kay Mellor

Granada Sky Broadcasting|

* Granada Plus
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