Demographics Park: Kennywood Type: Wooden Opened: 1924 Status: Operating

Statistics Ride Time: 1:30 Track Length: 2887 feet Top Speed: 55 mph Inversions: 0 Lift Height: 70 feet Vertical Drop: 95 feet Angle Of Descent: 45-50 degrees G-Force: 3 Designer: Andy Vettel of Kennywood Builder: National Amusement Device Company Cost: ? Capacity: ? riders an hour

Features: Similar to a double out and back coaster, ride starts out down a revene before getting to the chain lift Vehicles: Three trains with four cars per train. Riders are seated 2 across in 3 rows, totaling 24 riders per train. Structure: Wooden track with wooden rails. History: Recognized by ACE as a "classic coaster". Thunderbolt reopened in 1968 as an expansion of the Pippin coaster that John Miller created in 1924.