Arrow Dynamics: Ride Installation Product Profiles 1989

by Jeremy Kennedy

If you're reading this, you've more than likely ridden an Arrow manufactured coaster, plummeted down one of their dozens of flume chutes, or ventured into a Disneyland dark ride adventure in a customized Arrow vehicle. Born in the 1950s yet unfortunately bankrupt and uninspired by the 21st Century, Arrow Dynamics were the best American manufacturer of permanent coasters and water installations, dozens of which are still in operation today.

Taken from Arrow's vendor booth from the 1989 International Association of Amusement Parks and Attraction (IAAPA) by aspiring project manager Jeremy Kennedy, these product brochures are not only extremely rare, they are also becoming collectible to amusement park historians, future engineers, and coaster enthusiasts.

This unique product package, part of the PM Assistant's Amusement Ride Supplier series I (includes Chance Manufacturing, TOGO Japan, Huss, and Switzerland's Intamin AG), includes color profile pictures and product descriptions, as well as track layout specifications for each product-type, of the following Arrow Dynamic installations: Runaway Trains, Flumes, first-generation Suspended Coasters, Custom Looping Coasters, Shoot-the-Chute waterfalls, and Special Attractions (people movers, pods, gondolas, and vehicles) as well as a bonus news bulletin 4-page brochure featuring some of Arrow's engineering super architects and organization-related articles.

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Published March 26, 2015