This story originally aired on Jan. 5, 2013. 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 ...

A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 within the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis.jpg A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 within the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of ...

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; there's a Fire Fly Model No. 10a, built from 1890 to 1900 ...

Is there anything more Americana, more Christmas, than the Flexible Flyer? Invented in 1889 by Samuel Leeds Allen, whose Philadelphia-based company was best known for farm equipment, the steerable ...

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 Flyer, ...

After a big snowstorm, there’s nothing like making fresh tracks sledding down the steepest hill in your neighborhood. It’s a relatively inexpensive winter activity, but choosing among the plastic ...

You wanna know how to really go downhill? First you find a hill that has a packed snow cover and then you take your Flexible Flyer in hand and you run with it as fast as you can and then you belly ...

JACKSON, Mississippi — Flexible Flyer did not violate the law when it abruptly shut down in 2005 with no notification to workers, according to a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel of the 5th ...