{"id":7254,"date":"2020-06-20T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?page_id=7254"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:06:27","slug":"flying-aces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/flying-aces\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Aces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#000353\">f.k.a. Flying Scooter \/ Flying Jets<br \/>Opened: 1941<br \/>Closed: 1982?<br \/>Reopened: 19 Apr 1986<br \/>Location: North Midway<br \/>Manufactured By: Bisch-Rocco Amusement Company &#8211; Chicago, Illinois<br \/>Ride Model: Flying Scooter (park model)<br \/>Motor Manufactured By: Falk Corporation &#8211; Milwaukee, Wisconsin<br \/>Max Speed: 30 mph <br \/>Ride Duration: ~2 min<br \/>Footprint: 100 ft<a> \u00d8<\/a><br \/>Number Of Tubs: 10<br \/>Ride Capacity: 20 (2 per tub)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More information about this ride is on the way&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lagoon&#039;s Flying Jets, circa 1970\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YuoaE6lhw_E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; 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Flying Scooter \/ Flying JetsOpened: 1941Closed: 1982?Reopened: 19 Apr 1986Location: North MidwayManufactured By: Bisch-Rocco Amusement Company &#8211; Chicago, IllinoisRide Model: Flying Scooter (park model)Motor Manufactured By: Falk Corporation &#8211; Milwaukee, WisconsinMax Speed: 30 mph Ride Duration: ~2 minFootprint: 100 ft \u00d8Number Of Tubs: 10Ride Capacity: 20 (2 per tub) More information about this ride [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19554,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7254\/revisions\/19554"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}