What ever happened to the helicopter tours that were next to FoF?

Budget cuts caused them to merge with the Yogi bear sky tour company. You can now find them in the center of HB.

LoL... good stuff. The company that did the helicopter tours was based out of Louisville, KY if I remember correctly. There were many factors in its demise from PKI including low ridership and local residents complaining about the noise.

that would be a good spot for another ride

Budget cuts caused them to merge with the Yogi bear sky tour company. You can now find them in the center of HB.

OMG, LMAO.

QUOTE (CombatStupendous89 @ Aug 12 2005, 01:12 AM)

Budget cuts caused them to merge with the Yogi bear sky tour company. You can now find them in the center of HB. 

I remember the Helicopters being a lot bigger

The thing I never got was did they build such a large queue line for the helicopter tours. The main think that I believe led to their demise was the high cost. Something like $29 for a quick 3-5 minute flight, per person

QUOTE (CombatStupendous89 @ Aug 12 2005, 01:12 AM)

Budget cuts caused them to merge with the Yogi bear sky tour company. You can now find them in the center of HB. 

I remember the Helicopters being a lot bigger

And I believe they went alot higher, but I might be wrong

Budget cuts caused them to merge with the Yogi bear sky tour company. You can now find them in the center of HB.

They also made it a ride you dont have to pay to ride.

The high cost and 9/11 may have led to their demise.

really though wehn you think about it it cost alot of money to keep that helicopter up and runing.

It was just a private company that ran tours and paid ki to let them do it. They decided not to anymore.

Actually, PKI had to pay the company to provide the flight.

what kind of new ride do you think would go good back there, instead of an empty heli pad?

and local residents complaining about the noise.

Yeah, the Mason yuppies seem to have a habit of doing that in spite of the fact that the park was there before any of their houses.

The thing I never got was did they build such a large queue line for the helicopter tours. The main think that I believe led to their demise was the high cost. Something like $29 for a quick 3-5 minute flight, per person

My dad always claims that those used to be FOF ques. I remember it was aprivate company and oyu had your choice of a few flights. You could fly to Dayton, Cincinnati, and I think one other place. I believe you could also get on in like Cincinnati and fly to PKI.

Yeah, the Mason yuppies seem to have a habit of doing that in spite of the fact that the park was there before any of their houses.

They also neglect the fact that PKI brings in a crazy amount of money to their community.

My dad always claims that those used to be FOF ques. I remember it was aprivate company and oyu had your choice of a few flights. You could fly to Dayton, Cincinnati, and I think one other place. I believe you could also get on in like Cincinnati and fly to PKI.

They were never FoF queues. I remember the first year it was open in 96 when the line queued all the way through the hanger, through the queues outside of the station, through some makeshift queues in front of the hanger, and finally ended up near the Zephyr. I'm sure it got longer, but that's when I rode it. lol

They flight team did in fact offer tours to Cincinnati, Dayton, and around PKI for the first few years. I remember it costing a pretty penny, but I'm not sure what the exact amount was. I think going to Dayton was in the realm of $90 per person or so. In its last year or two of operation, they limitied it to just flights around PKI, which I think were $45 per person.

It wasn't exactly the msot tempting offer, but now that it's gone I wish I had taken advantage of it.

Ryan