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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: New £2m 'Red Arrows' ride planned | Blackpool Pleasure Beach: New £2m 'Red Arrows' ride planned |
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans for a £2m 'Red Arrows' ride. | Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans for a £2m 'Red Arrows' ride. |
The amusement park has joined forces with the Lincolnshire-based RAF aerobatic team for the 'Sky Force' ride which is due to open next spring. | The amusement park has joined forces with the Lincolnshire-based RAF aerobatic team for the 'Sky Force' ride which is due to open next spring. |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach said guests will control their own 'plane' and take a 360° tour of the skies in the 22m (72ft) high ride. | |
The ride will be built next to the Big One, described by the park as the UK's biggest and fastest rollercoaster. | The ride will be built next to the Big One, described by the park as the UK's biggest and fastest rollercoaster. |
50 years of the Red Arrows | 50 years of the Red Arrows |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach's deputy managing director Nick Thompson said they were the first amusement park in the UK to work with the Red Arrows. | Blackpool Pleasure Beach's deputy managing director Nick Thompson said they were the first amusement park in the UK to work with the Red Arrows. |
The RAF aerobatic team's squadron leader Ruth Shackleton said her team was thrilled visitors would get a permanent "Red Arrows experience", and that people would learn more about their work. | The RAF aerobatic team's squadron leader Ruth Shackleton said her team was thrilled visitors would get a permanent "Red Arrows experience", and that people would learn more about their work. |
The 50-year-old aerobatic team are regulars at the annual Blackpool Air Show which Visit Blackpool said attracts around 60,000 spectators. | The 50-year-old aerobatic team are regulars at the annual Blackpool Air Show which Visit Blackpool said attracts around 60,000 spectators. |
Blackpool hosted its first air show in 1909, the same year Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly across the English Channel. | Blackpool hosted its first air show in 1909, the same year Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly across the English Channel. |
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