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2. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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   The Rollglider is a type of a thrill amusement ride that has a steel pipe track designed with turns, dips and loops, using gravity-propelled trolleys to slide down the track. 1970s Roll-O-Plane: 1940s Rotor: The Rotor is an amusement ride designed and patented by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in 1948.

3. Cajun Cliffhanger - Wikipedia

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   The Cajun Cliffhanger was a rotor-type amusement ride at Six Flags Great America. and was one of the earliest Chance Industries Rotors produced. Due to the popularity of a Velare Rotor Ride at Chicago's Riverview Park, which closed in 1967, a similar ride made by Chance was purchased by Six Flags, for Marriott's Great America when it opened in 1976 and was called the Cajun Cliffhanger.

4. Inflatable castle - Wikipedia

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   The surfaces are typically composed of thick, strong PVC or vinyl and nylon, and the castle is inflated using an electric or petrol-powered blower.The principle is one of constant leakage, meaning small punctures are not a problem – a medium-size "bouncy castle" requires a fan with a mechanical output of about two horsepower (about 1.5 kW) and consumes around 2 kW of electrical power ...

5. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. A Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6, 1978 ; 47 years ...

6. Drop tower - Wikipedia

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   A magnetic braking system, or a variation that relies on pistons and air pressure, is used to safely bring the gondola to a complete stop. [1] One of the earliest drop towers configured as an amusement ride was a parachute ride that debuted at the 1939 New York World's Fair , which was inspired by paratrooper training devices used by the Soviet ...

7. List of Beavis and Butt-Head characters - Wikipedia

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   Prior to coming up with an idea for a television show as a class project that very closely approximates Letterman's show (in their imagination, Butt-Head appears as Letterman and Beavis as band leader Paul Shaffer), B&B are watching television at home when Beavis asks Butt-Head to "put on that Letter dude". Butt-Head switches to Letterman's ...

8. Swing ride - Wikipedia

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   The swing ride or chair swing ride (sometimes called a swing carousel, wave swinger, yo-yo, waver swinger, Chair-O-Planes, Dodo or swinger) is an amusement ride that is a variation on the carousel in which the seats are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel. On some versions, particularly on the Wave Swingers, the rotating top of the ...

9. Helter skelter (ride) - Wikipedia

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   A helter skelter, or helter-skelter lighthouse, is an amusement ride resembling a lighthouse with a spiral shaped slide built around the tower. Typically, fairgoers climb up a flight of stairs inside the tower and slide down the spiral on the outside using a coir mat. The ride is most prevalent in amusement parks and fairgrounds in the United ...