Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklaoma City firefighters reel a snorkel unit into position Sunday to rescue roller coaster riders trapped atop the 40-foot-high "Zyklon" at Springlake Amusement Park, NE 41 and Eastern."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Motorists who want to travel between the towns of Mutual and Chester in Northwestern Oklahoma have had to fond a detour since a truck turned this Woodward County bridge into a roller coaster."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Buddy Burris and other 1941 All-State football players rode an emotional roller coaster on Dec. 7, 1941."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The No. 4 green at Kickingbird is one of many holes surrounding by a new roller-coaster terrain."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The No. 4 green at Kickingbird is one of many holes surrounding by a new roller-coaster terrain."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Artist Karl Leydenfrost depicts the breath-taking roller coaster scene which engulfs the audience in " This Is Cinerama," first production in the new multi-dimensional medium."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ohse had no problem flying his plane, but riding the roller coaster created some consternation, right, Angela Hamilton, 5, of Moore, left, and Brandy Evans, 6, of Midwest City."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Todd Horboct, 11, displays his as-yet unfinished leather coaster."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Roller coaster, background, is the only ride still standing in the day after debris of the State Fair of Oklahoma."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Double loop roller coaster, largest single addition to Six Flags Over Texas in its 18 year history, came to Oklahoma City this week in from the form of model, Bruce Neal/ public rotations manager, said the $2 million ride, called Shock Wave, is combination of "an ultra sophisticated steel coaster and two vertical loops towering 70 feet in the air. Construction will be completed in time for spring 1978 opening at the Arlington, Tex., park."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Riders grimace and laugh as they ride the WildCat, Frontier City's new roller coaster."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's only looping roller coaster is the Silver Bullet at Frontier City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction is 80 percent complete on the Diamond Back roller coaster at Frontier City, 11501 NE Expressway."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Braving a chilly rain Sunday, roller coaster riders whoop it up or close their eyes as they near a plunge on the Wildcat ride at Frontier City in Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction workers raise the first support beams for the 10-story wooden roller coaster launched Thursday at Frontier City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Wildcat, a wood-and-steel roller coaster, found a new home this year at Oklahoma City's Frontier City."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's one for you to really puzzle over."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An artist's rendering shows how the expanded Frontier City will look in 1991 after the addition of a new roller coaster, full-service restaurant, landscaped plaza, retell shops and game complex."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An apprehensive Mike Every, left, and sister Julie, both of Checotah, get ready to take the plunge Thursday on the Silver Bullet roller coaster at Frontier City amusement park in Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Riders on the Diamond Back, Frontier City's newest roller coaster, will experience four times the gravitational pull and speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour on the ride, while traveling its track once forward, once backward."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "After Springlake Park in northeast OKC opened in the 1920s, the Big Dipper roller coaster was advertised as "The most thrilling, breathtakeing ride in the whole Southwest."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roller Coaster"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A worker helps complete the world, s tallest wooen roller coaster, which soars to the height of a 14-story builing. The debut of the world, s tallest wooden roller coaster and celebration of a famouns rabbit, s 50th birthday are on the agenda at Six Flags Over Texas, the theme park near Arlington."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "WORLD, S LONGEST, tallest and fastest roller coaster, its operators claim, received its first manned' test Wednesday at Eureka, Mo. Passenger hold on tightly as the coaster goes into a 92-foot drop. The coatser gets up to 65 m.p.h. in its 3,872-foot lenght. It opens to the public April 10."