Leeds was no "one-hit wonder" with his sled invention. Over the course of 40 years, he was awarded nearly 300 patents for designs of farm and maintenance equipment in addition to the Flexible ...

Moorestown Library houses Flexible Flyer exhibit. MOORESTOWN – The sleds seem to have a personality of their own. One, the Model No. 6, stands 8 1 / 2 feet tall; one has a Mickey Mouse design ...

It has been a great month for sledding in New Jersey following several snowstorms. This is especially true for the few people who are still riding the old wooden Flexible Flyer sleds.

You see, what I really wanted was a Flexible Flyer, but wanting and getting were two very different things. I wish someone could explain to me why it is that the things I want most seem to cost the… ...

Contrary to what you might read online, the Flexible Flyer still lives, its manufacturing today under the direction of Paricon LLC in South Paris, Maine.

Flexible Flyer went downhill – in the business sense – for a time, but today the legendary sled brand is thriving in the hands of a family that spent generations competing against it. Only A ...

In 2005, Paricon acquired the Flexible Flyer brand, a competitor from back in the day. Among vintage-sled enthusiasts, Speedaways and Flexible Flyers are known as the Ford and Chevy of 20th-century ...

My dad’s grin told me he was as excited about my Christmas present as I was.I hadn’t wished for a Flexible Flyer sled. I’d never even heard of a Flexible Flyer sled.And I didn’t ask Santa ...