The world's first flying roller coaster was Skytrak, built in Manchester, United Kingdom at the Granada Studios Tour in 1997.

After the train is fully loaded, a mechanism in the station lower the seats to the track, with the riders on their backs facing the ceiling.

After cresting the lift hill, the track twists 180 degrees to flip the riders into the flying position for the rest of the ride.

Just prior to reaching the roller coaster's final brake run, the track twists again, such that riders are lying on their backs facing upward.

Vekoma would expand upon the 'Flying Dutchman' prototype with two other installations in 2001, Batwing for Six Flags America and X-Flight for Geauga Lake.

Noting previous design limitations and issues with other flying coaster models, particularly in regard to capacity as loading procedures were slow and complex.

Vekoma spent the next few years designing and testing a prototype system at its factory in Vlodrop, with construction on the new coaster beginning in 2016 and finishing in 2019.

has been met with overwhelmingly positive reception for its innovative design, riding experience, operations, capacity, and theming that have won the coaster several industry awards.

Swiss manufacturer B&M debuted their flying coaster model Air in 2002, jointly developed with ride designer John Wardley.

It faced numerous technical issues that were corrected on subsequent models produced by Zamperla.

After closing, Flying Coaster was returned to Zamperla, where it was refurbished and installed at Coney Island as Soarin' Eagle.