State Fair of Texas Comet video posted

Wow... what a cool old ride. I don't know if it's the fact that it was shot on film or what, but this video has a great feel to it.

(Be sure to scroll down on that video page to the Comet, I accidentally downloaded Comet II the first time. ;))

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure

What a sweet video. Hey, those are NAD trains, right? Too bad it was torn down. How did it not make ACE coaster classic status?

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I was asked to describe X in one word. The word? -- OhmygoshwhathaveIgottenmyselfintothisisthescariest
thingintheworldhelpmeIamgoingtodieAHHHH!!!

NAD Century Flyers. I'm not sure when the ACE Classics started, but the coaster went silent in 1985 and was torn down in 1989.

It was shot on 8mm according to the author, I think it held up pretty well for over 20 years.

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Jeremy Murphy
www.lonestarthrills.com *** This post was edited by Lone Star Thrills on 9/19/2002. ***

It's a shame that he couldn't find someone to do a better transfer. It could be converted flicker-free with the right gear (by the right people).

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, when it's all in your mind. You gotta let go." - Ghetto, Supreme Beings of Leisure

I enjoy the flicker someswhat .. the full footage is over 4mins long, I just reworked it, altered it and added the music track.

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Jeremy Murphy
www.lonestarthrills.com

Nice pics...that site has.

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Im the #1 Canobie Lake Park Fan!!!These are my top 3 coasters:
1. S:RoS @ SFNE 2. Yankee Cannonball 3. Cyclone/B:TDK

I never knew the Carl Phare had a part in this coaster.I thought that he only built coasters in the Pacific Northwest.I wonder if it rode anything like the Vancouver PNE Coaster,the only surviving(for now)Carl Phare coaster.

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I can fix anything.....where is the duct tape?

I enjoy the flicker, so did my dad.

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3 out of the 4 voices in my head say, go for it!

The video would have lost its' charm without the fliker. One things I like about that video is that it looks like it could have been made in the '50's.

Very cool video, love those trains! What a shame to lose Comet.

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"Mmmmm....forbidden donut!" - Homer Simpson

I still want to see a PAX Cobra somewhere....the layout looked awesome to me, serious airtime on a shuttle looping coaster!

yeah...this video would've sucked without the flicker.

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Formerly known as Glenn on Coasterbuzz.
Check out http://www.ckportal.zzn.com

I found a model of what the coaster looked like in its day

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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean

Well...at least Puyallup is still g0oing strong...See y'all next year! ;)

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"If the beats were made of meat then they would have to be me ..." - L.L. Cool J

I could not open the file to view this movie after waiting a long time for it to download. Aaaaurgh!

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I can fix anything.....where is the duct tape?

Seems to be downloading fine for everyone else. You may try to download the .zip file to your harddrive, but everything is working.

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