Here it is, the latest in a long history of world records set at Six Flags Magic Mountain: Full Throttle. The number one tallest and fastest looping roller coaster in the world.
In 1846, Paris became home to the first Loop-the-Loop roller coaster, which included one small loop, 13 feet high. New York City's Coney Island, home to several amusement parks, followed with its own looping coaster in 1901.
A hypercoaster is either any continuous-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet (61 m) or any complete-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop between 200 and 299 feet (61 and 91 meters).
A strata coaster is a type of roller coaster with a height or drop of at least 400 feet (120 m). As with the other two height classifications, the term strata was first introduced by Cedar Point with the release of Top Thrill Dragster, a 420-foot-tall (130 m) roller coaster that opened in 2003.
While rollercoasters can be traced back to 16th Century Russia, looping coasters first appeared in 19th Century France. The first example of a looping rollercoaster was the Chemin de Centrifuge (Centrifugal Railway), which operated briefly at Paris' Frascate Gardens in 1846.