Viper Roller Coaster 1989 Socks
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Description: Viper was a steel roller coaster located in a Houston, Texas theme park. Manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf, the Looping Star model opened in 1989 and had two trains with seven cars per train and riders arranged two across for a total of 28 riders per train. The track featured a single inversion, ran a length of 1,942.3 ft, had a peak height of 80.4 ft, and a top speed of 47.8 mph. Viper was demolished with the closing of the park on October 30, 2005. It had previously operated at a park in St. Louis, where it was known as Jet Scream from 1981 to 1988. An identical installation still operates at in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Its paint scheme is different, and the tunnel surrounds the final turn as opposed to the drop hill.
