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 ...

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

The guidebook "Flexible Flyer and Other Great Sleds for Collectors," by Joan Palicia, tells us the most famous sled was the "Flexible Flyer" manufactured by Samuel Leeds Allen, a Pennsylvania Quaker ...

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 ...

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, ...

With a fresh blanket of snow about to cover much of the state, it’s time recognize one of the greatest inventions in New Jersey: the steerable sled. In the 1889, Samuel Leeds Allen lived in ...

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 ...