Eyerly Roll-o-Plane

[@abairdk]

I saw one of these at Crystal Beach back in the 70's. My Mom called it the Salt and Pepper Shaker, and told me you went upside-down. I thought it was an extreme, scary ride back then. Forty-five years later, I am still a Zipper junkie.

[@Chrshv80]

They are fun!

[@J.P.SeeburgEandKTSpecial]

Love the way the operator casually stands inches away from the tubs trying to look cool.

[@davidhackett3079]

Some of them tilt sideways Which makes the ride more thrilling. They need to bring this back

[@naughtiasteffano9885]

I know I never see the tilting ones

[@bartonpercival2147]

Yes they had one in San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach that tilted sideways, also had many other iconic rides like the roller-plane and the double Ferris wheel The Sky Wheel, even had a 1940’s octopus ride. Sadly the amusement park was demolished for condos in 1972

[@JxT1957]

its the best ride

[@Clara-ph7my]

Lovely to see this old classic about, which is a rare sight these days. This and the zipper (egg cages) were bloody scary rides but I'd ride both again now, if I ever get the chance?

[@seywhut2985]

They still make them? Lord I haven't seen one of these in probably 45 years. Once the Zipper came to be, the Roll-O-Plane or "Bullet" as it was called, was never seen again.

[@popetzm1]

+seywhut2985 that one looked old plus i guess it depends what state u live in some only traveling in certain staes

[@miguellong8561]

+Randall Pope There is one that comes to our County Fair every year that was manufactured in 1964.

[@byon5041]

seywhut2985 I saw one five years ago, but it broke down

[@dean-gm1lg]

The UK built ones were called dive-bombers

[@toddhunter3137]

I went on one of these rides years ago when I was a lad, it looks like one of these funny little rides to look at but when you're on its actually quite insane!! 🤣🤣

[@rayszymarek2920]

Rode this Roll O Plane Ride circa l963 at Kennywood Park with my Prom Date. Memories and really that was a damn good ride. So lets face it back then we DID NOT repeat DID NOT have the High Tech Computer Rides but but we had great rides and by the way the amusement park prices were affordable. Today the prices of admission to go into amusement parks are way way way to exorbitant.

[@senju2024]

I think I paid 75 cents during the weekdays. You would go to a booth and get those red tickets. Each red ticket was worth 25 cents so I believe this ride took 3 red tickets. I was so happy to give my ticket to the man who would put me into the ride. LOL

[@rafaelaguilar3380]

Gracias al acercamiento en el minuto 1:21 pude al fin entender cómo los carros hacen el 1/2 giro. El eje torcido al igual que en el Spider (también del mismo inventor Eyerly) hace mover la palanca hacia adelante y hacia atrás en relación al eje donde están colocado los caros. Muy creativos!

[@StormyRiver8970]

knoebels in pa has 1 of these. they call it satellite.

[@byon5041]

I remember when this was a fair ride :(

[@Masonisntfunny55]

Its not a ride anymore?

[@HuvipuistoFaavu]

Hello! It's really nice to get to see videos of these classic rides as they are a huge part of the history of amusement parks. We had this one and also Eyerly Octopus in Finland in the 50s and I'm making a video about rides we used to have at Linnanmäki amusement park. May I use this footage and also the video of Eyerly Octopus in my document? I would give your channel full credit in the video and in the description of the video.

[@Chrshv80]

Sure, feel free to use them…

[@davidbennett5172]

They had one at morecambe in the 70's called the dive bomber

[@ParkerPlays2005]

david bennett They still have a modern redesigned one in the Clarion county fair in PA

[@dean-gm1lg]

The UK built ones were called dive-bombers they all used to tilt aswell at one time

[@loganflanagan5288]

I’m curious how long it took the operator to get those empty cars to the bottom. That thing was completely out of balance and the way they were rocking it back and forth is terrible for the center shaft. I operate one and we have to load one car, pull the other side down to load diagonally, then load the fourth car.

[@Jhihmoac]

...That thing turned at a pretty decent rate, while having spinning axial carriages at each end... A whole lotta load on that poor center hub...

[@marcocampos2332]

Does anyone know where this roll o plane is?

[@senju2024]

The first few years this came out, they and a different name to it. It was called "The salt and pepper" ride and just black and white for the colors.

[@sjtom57]

Fun ride but you don't see many of them anymore due to their low capacity.

[@presmalson3316]

I remember riding all of those cuzz that's my town if you don't believe me it's Morton

[@naughtiasteffano9885]

I love this ride it was also called the sidewinder

[@fairground1976]

Shame that they welded the pivot point. Still a good looking unit.

[@Chrshv80]

fairground1976 yes, I forgot they could pivot. Maybe there are safety issues with the old configuration.

[@fairground1976]

Most likely just to save on maintenance cost.Thanks for sharing the video.

[@fairground1976]

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[@Chrshv80]

@@fairground1976 I assumed it was a maintenance issue as well

[@jayj.7524]

why did they remove the tilt?

[@kaikono1146]

actully there were 2 roll o plane models one with the tilting arm and one that is the hammer ride style that does not tilt

[@lillianstraight6125]

That is so scary

[@lobaoleone8318]

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