[4] Later that year, an announcement stated that Head Spin would be relocated to Carowinds, where it reopened as Carolina Cobra on March 28, 2009.

[5] It was built in an area of the park called "County Fair", which was formerly housed by Flying Super Saturator, a roller coaster that was dismantled after the 2008 season.

On August 18, 2016, Carowinds announced the expansion of County Fair for the 2017 season, which included the refurbishment of Carolina Cobra.

It was renamed The Flying Cobras to pay tribute to the classic air shows that were once seen at the Carolina County Fair.

On October 18, 2009, Carolina Cobra's second lift hill failed to catch, resulting in a rollback that couldn't make it back through the second set of inversions.