SFOG: Big steel any time soon?

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Michael19887 said:

The general rule is 200 feet, but this is not a set heigh restriction. The Great Gasp is over 200 feet (225 I believe?) - the park would need to get approval to build over the 200' mark (fulton county airport near the park). I agree, a 200 foot Intamin hyper with a drop to an underground tunnel would be incredible.

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Actually they have a very strict height limit of only 200ft. Its not exceptions when it comes to an airport, you just cant tell the planes to fly higher. If they had to obtain "special permission" wouldnt you think in the dawn of really tall drop towers Acrophobia would have been taller than 200 ft??

Oh yeah and the Great gasp is only 200 ft for the record.

As a former foreman of the Great Gasp and Looping Starship, I can confirm that the Great Gasp is 225ft. tall. On top of the fact that its that tall it's in the highest part of the park as far as land elevation goes.

Yeah, over 200 ft just means you have to get special permission from the FAA, which includes an Impact analysis to see if it would affect any takeoff or landing patters into or out of the airport. People have taken this way out of proportion over the years, to where it is now. Even I believed there was a height restriction, till I was told otherwise by "correct sources".

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Legendary said:
Phew, thank God we have thepinkdoomofmonkeys around here or else we'd never know what SFoG is getting!

My hats off to you, sir.

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Hey, just stating the current rumors here.

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Although sadly, the Freefall may go.

With regards to the height limit, as a liscensed pilot I can tell you that while there is no SPECIFIC limit, there is a general limit of no taller than 200 feet above ground level. If you convert 200 Ft AGL to feet above sea level, you will have the measurment that the FAA really cares about. Now, as was mentioned before, issues are handled on a case by case basis, because while most of the park does lie in the general approach path of Fulton County Airport, only the rides DIRECTLY in the FINAL approach path are conisdered to be major hazards. Also, the reason that measurements are referenced to sea level instead of ground level is because the elevation of the airports, as well as the setting of the altimiter in all aircraft is set to sea level and varies based on barometric pressure. Just in case anyone was wondering.

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stuey said:
I live in Atlanta and I was wondering if anyone out there knows whether or not SFOG will be getting a steel hyper any time in the near future. I think, as far as coasters go, this is one thing that is missing for them. Anyone out there heard anything?

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When it comes to hypers and floorless coasters, it's almost as if every SF park has either one or the other except for the one in Georgia. I'm just waiting for one to be built near me.

True, many SF parks have those rides, and I'll admit that a hyper would bring me back to SFOG, but the park has many great coasters without a floorless or hyper in its collection. The park has three GOOD B&Ms (including the only standup I actually enjoyed), Mindbender and two decent wooden coasters. That's more than I can say for most SF parks.

If it were up to me, I'd send Deja Vu elsewhere and build something there. That location at the lowest point of the park would allow a bigger coaster to be built without ruining the overall look of the park.