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You can hardly surprise real thrill-seekers with a parachute jump. They are ready to go on a journey even to the other end of the world to tickle their nerves.
We are in site We have selected 12 of the most dizzying attractions in the world, from one type of which the adrenaline rush already jumps!
Insanity, USA
The name of this carousel translates to "madness" and it is the tallest carousel on the planet. It is located at an altitude of about 300 meters and is attached 20 meters from the edge of the roof of one of the skyscrapers. The carousel is a structure with open passenger cabins that rotates at a speed of 60 km / h at an angle of 70 °. By the way, all passengers are facing down to the ground during rotation.
X-Scream, USA
The X-Scream ride is located on the rooftop of the hotel, which is 350 meters high. It looks like a trailer where passengers sit down. Then it accelerates, travels 8 meters beyond the roof, stops abruptly and suddenly dives down. Shouts and squeals are provided.
Big Shot, USA
In the same hotel, there is a Big Shot attraction, and it is considered the most high attraction in the world. A platform with seats along the entire perimeter is attached to the spire of the tower. The platform shoots upward at great speed and then freefalls. If you love the feeling when your heart seems to jump out of your chest, you will love it here.
White Cyclone, Japan
The highlight of this attraction is that it is made of wood and is also one of the longest roller coasters: the length of the path with dizzying climbs and spiral descents reaches 1.7 km. The height of the attraction is equal to the height of a 15-storey building, and the speed of wooden trolleys can exceed 100 km / h.
Giant Canyon Swing, USA
The attraction in the form of a giant swing is located on the slope of a cliff at an altitude of 400 meters above the Colorado River. The swing can accommodate 4 passengers and swing 112 ° above the horizon at a speed of 80 km / h. Caught in the most high point, extreme lovers can gaze at the almost endless cliff that opens below them. According to the creators of this attraction, none of the visitors dared to ride the swing a second time.
EdgeWalk, Canada
Those who think they are not afraid of heights simply have never been to Toronto. Here you can take a walk on the platform, which is located on the 116th floor of the TV tower. For as long as 30 minutes you can walk along the edge observation deck without handrails and fences. The only safety precaution is a rope harness.
Insano, Brazil
From one glance at this water slide breath stops already. After all, to ride on it means to descend from the height of a 14-storey building at incredible speed at almost a steep angle. And all this in 5 seconds! The descent from the slide ends with a large pool, where the extreme can take a breath and recover.
Takabisha, Japan
Takabisha is the coolest roller coaster in the world, on this moment they also hold the record for size. 1,000 meters in 1 minute and 52 seconds and 7 sharpest turns. And in some sections of the bends, the cabin even breaks off the rails and moves, sliding on a magnetic cushion.
Zip World at Penrhyn Quarry, UK
On the Zip World at Penrhyn Quarry rope ride, extreme sportsmen accelerate to 161 km / h at an altitude of several hundred meters, and the flight itself lasts 2 minutes. I wonder if the visitors have time to enjoy wonderful view on the majestic mountains and a mesmerizing emerald lake?
Came across a photo - attraction "Flying People" which appeared in the park by 1935. In the late 40s, it is cheaper than all other attractions - 10 kopecks, or five times less than one metro ride. The session consisted of 5-6 flights in an arc of 180 degrees - so that about half of the time spent on this attraction, the entertainer spent upside down.
Attraction "Flying People", 1935
In general, in the USSR, until 1959, cooperative fishing artels and small semi-handicraft workshops were engaged in the manufacture of attractions.
Everything changed on May 9, 1959, when by order of the Local Industry Directorate Krasnodar Territory on the basis of small semi-handicraft enterprises of the city industrial complex and cooperative-fishing artels "Metallist" and "Krasny Kuznets", it was decided to found the first Yeisk mechanical plant in the USSR "Attraction".
Despite the primitive base and the small number of workers for such a plant - a little more than three hundred people - they established production here in an extremely short time, and a year later, "Attraction" was given the status of an enterprise of union significance. "(C)
"Yeisk Mechanical Plant" Attraction "- in the Soviet period was a monopoly in the country for the production of amusement park rides, the plant's products could be seen in every city park Soviet Union... The plant reached its peak capacity at the end of the 1980s, it produced 1,500 rides a year, and employed more than 1,000 people. "
Delovaya Gazeta: "On April 11, 2013, Yeisk OJSC" Attraction "launched the production of new types of products - children's playgrounds, towns and playgrounds, as well as outdoor sports equipment and exercise machines.
1959 year- the design "Air carousel" is being developed, which is considered one of the very first attractions. On the basis of this model, a number of other, more complex carousels have been created.
"Air carousel" - a carousel, the seats of which are suspended on chains or metal rods to a rotating structure "Encyclopedic Dictionary
1959 The first lift-rotation attraction "Curve planes" is designed.
The legendary attraction consisted of two two-seater planes attached to arrows. Due to the thrust force, the aircraft rotated in a circle around the column. And they not only rotated, but also changed the height.
It was a breathtaking ride and children under 14 were not allowed.
Many never managed to fly on these airplanes - by the 80s, in fact, everywhere these attractions disappeared.
1959 The legendary swing "Dead Loop" or "Nesterov's Loop" is developed rotating around a horizontal axis.
It is on them that in the film "I Walk Through Moscow" the heroine of the actress Galina Polskikh - Alena, asks a swindler to ride in order to detain him until the police arrive.
A counterweight is attached to one end of the axle, and a two-seater aircraft is attached to the other. A motor is installed in the nose of the aircraft, which accelerates the propeller and the aircraft begins to rotate around the horizontal axis. Until the 80s, these attractions also practically did not reach.
1959 - The "Vision Wheel" is designed- the first serial sample mastered by the Soviet industry. Dada, the one that still stands in our Park =)
1960 - the children's carousel was developed specially designed for preschool children.
This is everyone's favorite carousel with horses, elephants, lions and other animals.
1960 Designed the "Chain" carousel.
It is made in the form of an openwork umbrella with a diameter of 8 meters, to which 20 single seats are suspended on chains.
1962 The Spiral attraction is developed(complex rotation carousel). This attraction is a metal structure with which you can move along the turns of an ascending and descending spiral in a complex motion.
Everyone knows the legendary object of the exclusion zone - an amusement park in Pripyat: an overgrown Autodrom, a rusty Ferris wheel. Many, including me, want to watch them live. It turns out that for this it is not necessary to go so far, there are exactly the same attractions in the Yekateringof park in St. Petersburg, but in much better condition and without any radiation. For me it was also a date with my childhood, I once rode the same rides in the Brest City Park, but they still function well there.
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1. I came to the park in the evening, when the white night had just begun to "thicken". 
2. From the foliage peeped out the first "pepelats" - familiar to many "Surprise". 
3. Surprisingly, but factory, who produced attractions in the USSR, is still alive and well! 
4. "Surprise" was developed on it in 1974. 
5. Technically speaking, here "during the rotation of the common umbrella, the angle of inclination of the carrying boom changed." 
6. During operation, the drum was lifted almost to a vertical position (in contrast to the "Orbit"). 
7. Standing skaters were fastened on the drum rim. 
8. When rotating, the spins were pressed against special plates. As far as I remember, this attraction had an age limit from 16. 
9. Drum rotation drive. 
10. Electric motor. 
11. Nearby there is a classic carousel "Carnival". 
12. Toy animals ran in a circle around the axis of the umbrella. 
13. Elephants, giraffes, deer, horses, camels ... 
14. All horse-drawn transport is represented here, there are not enough donkeys, but there are plenty of them in the area. 
15. This carousel could be restored, it is well preserved. 
16. "Junga" was found in many parks throughout the USSR. 
17. Multi-section "steamer" drove around the lighthouse. Unfortunately, Jung did not survive in Brest. 
18. The detail is amazing: there is a chimney, a steering wheel and even a small propeller! 
19. An analogue of "Yungi" is still produced by the Yeisk plant "Attraction", but it is called "Corsair" and looks like monstrously .
20. "Sunny" in terms of prevalence did not lag behind "Yoongi". 
21. This is a "micro Ferris wheel" for the little ones. A modern analogue of an attraction - "Treasures of the Sea"... But I am fascinated only by the look of the old version. 
22. In the burned-out warehouse, you can still see many spare parts for attractions. 
23. The "Mushroom" even has a plaque not streaked with vandals. 
24. This is another classic carousel. 
25. There are vehicles instead of animals. 
26. A touching "spacecraft". 
27. Jet fighter. 
28. On the control panel there is not only a steering wheel, but even one pointer device. 
29. The next carousel is "Bell" 
30. The attraction really looks like a flower with ten buds. 
31. When landing, it was necessary to fasten chains to the seats, and when the engine was started, the seats deviated slightly back and then gently swayed. 
32. The core of the flower. 
33. An enlarged version of the "Bell", but with a change in the plane of rotation is called "Orbit". 
34. This is the only attraction still fenced in and locked. 
35. To take a picture of the remote control, I had to stick the camera through the grate, and first remove the lens, since the entire device did not pass between the rods. 
36. The swing in Yekateringof was preserved much better than the same in Pripyat .
37. Although they are often used by visitors to the park. 
38. Complicated swing is not complete: there are no booths for skiers. 
39. Near the "Autodrom" - forgotten tracks with markings. 
40. And here is the Autodrom itself, just like in Pripyat. 
41. And the cars are exactly the same, also scattered around the site. 
42. Thin-profile rubber. 
43.
44. During the last painting, the cars were marked with symbols of various brands, for example, "Audi". 
45. Or here, Buick. 
46. Now there are no children here, nettles are growing right on the playground ... 
47.
48. The last attraction - "Fun Slides", replicated in parks across the country. 
49. Monorail system. 
50. Remote control in the mechanic's booth. 
51. Peeling paint, moss on metal parts - the picture is not inferior to the Pripyat one. 
52. The interior of one of the cars, where the engine was and there was a driving wheel. 
53. Vacationers in the park often come here, take pictures in the chairs ...
54. I was interested in the details of the mechanism, I went inside the circle. 
55. This is how the fastening of the "spokes" to the main axis of rotation looks like. 
56. Distributor box in the central cap. 
57. The Way. 
58. The surrounding decay was winding up sadness, because everything could still work ... 
59. On this note, I left the Leningrad "Pripyat". 
