Flyer Comet

The Flyer Comet was a wooden roller coaster located at Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1940, it was torn down in 2006. When the 1923 Shooting Star roller coaster was destroyed in 1938 by a hurricane, Whalom staff hired the National Amusement Device Company and designer Vernon Keenan to create a new coaster for the park. Many parts from the Shooting Star were used to construct the ride, which was then called the Comet. The r... more

The Flyer Comet was a wooden roller coaster located at Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1940, it was torn down in 2006. When the 1923 Shooting Star roller coaster was destroyed in 1938 by a hurricane, Whalom staff hired the National Amusement Device Company and designer Vernon Keenan to create a new coaster for the park. Many parts from the Shooting Star were used to construct the ride, which was then called the Comet. The ride was Whalom Park’s third roller coaster since the park opened in 1893, and no new coasters ever replaced it or were added to the park. Whalom Park property was bought by Global Developments in 2001. They started clearing the land on October 10, 2006; the roller coaster was destroyed Oct. 18. The area was allegedly meant to become the Emerald Estates ("Gated condominiums on the shores of Lake Whalom!") though apart from the clearing of the property, no construction has begun. Despite the destruction of the historical ride, its cars will be... less