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 – in the ...

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 ...

Kids today don’t fully understand the pure joy of a snow day. Sure, no school always rules, but taking full advantage of the ...

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 on ...

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 ...

Looking for a snow sled? While all types of sleds and toboggans may be hard to find, there are still stores and Web sites with sleds in stock and expectations of additional shipments. But it takes a ...

What’s the point of snow if you don’t have a sled to enjoy it? Of course, kids love sledding, but adults can join in the fun with the right kind of sled. Soon the whole family will be flying down a ...

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 ...