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Falcon's Fury

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 2, 2024 by Wehwalt (talk) 17:56, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Falcon's Fury is a freestanding Sky Jump drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Intaride, a subsidiary of Intamin, the ride is North America's tallest freestanding drop tower, at a maximum height of 335 feet (102 m). It is also the first drop tower to use 90-degree tilting seats, facing riders straight down through five seconds of free fall. They reach a speed of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h) before rotating back into a vertical position and decelerating at about 3.5 Gs. The ride's name is meant to suggest a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey. Due to the height of the attraction, approval from the Federal Aviation Administration was required. Construction was delayed until 2013, and the opening date was also delayed by mechanical and technical issues. Falcon's Fury opened to park employees in August before a soft opening on August 16, 2014, and an official opening on September 2, 2014. (Full article...)

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Main editors: Dom497
Promoted: April 24, 2015
Reasons for nomination: 10th anniversary of official opening. TFA re-run from 2016.
Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 22:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:48, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]