A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 from the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis. In the late 19th century Samuel Leeds Allen took the age-old concept of the sled and improved ...

One, the Model No. 6, stands 8 1 / 2 feet ... They are world-famous Flexible Flyer sleds and they are on display at the "Flexible Flyer Sled Museum." The inventor of these sleds was a Moorestown ...

If it snows in your hometown and you’re over the age of 35 or so, chances are the name Flexible Flyer takes you on a fast, fun trip down a snowy memory lane. The legendary sled went downhill ...

You see, what I really wanted was a Flexible Flyer ... go buy your sled.” In my dreams. So, I tugged my $3 Sears and Roebucks special to the top of Fifth Street hill and prayed no one looked ...

and the steel runners are no longer called Speedaways. In 2005, Paricon acquired the Flexible Flyer brand, a competitor from back in the day. Among vintage-sled enthusiasts, Speedaways and Flexible ...

But none proved to be as iconic as his patent for the first steerable sled, which he called the Flexible Flyer. “The ...

Sam Allen, of Edgewater Park, shows off his sledding style on a Flexible Flyer, the sled invented by his great-grandfather Samuel Leeds Allen. Advertised as the "Sled That Steers," the Flexible ...

News 12 New Jersey’s Brian Donohue took an 80-year-old Flexible Flyer ... No. 6 that is more than 8 feet long. “It’s designed for six people,” Snow says. There is also the Flexy Racer, a ...