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, ...

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 ...

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. Flexible Fliers ...

The Flexible Flyer sled, famously part of the classic film "A Christmas Story," was first manufactured by Pennsylvania Quakers in the late 1800s. The inventor, Samuel Leeds Allen, a farm implement ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re a baby boomer or older, the sled of your childhood is dead. The manufacturer of the American Flexible Flyer wooden sled has ceased production, and that has upset local merchants who have ...

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 ...

A massive four-alarm fire burned out of control at the former headquarters of the S.L. Allen & Co. in the Kensington section of Philadelphia Monday night. Flames could be seen shooting from the top ...