THE SWARM - Thorpe Park 2012

So back in February, I reported the news of a B&M Wing Coaster going up at Thorpe Park in 2012. Looks like it is confirmed and will be called "The Swarm":

The UK's first winged rollercoaster, THE SWARM, takes you on a death defying flight through apocalyptic devastation.

Be picked up and dragged on the wings of THE SWARM as you’re left exposed and vulnerable to the extreme near misses and gut wrenching inversions as it rips through the sky on its mission of complete annihilation.

Experience the unique head first, inverted drop from 127ft as you are flung into this merciless flight for your life. War is coming... Spring 2012.

http://www.theswarm.co.uk/

Here is a video followed by concept art:
































Interesting Screamscape rumors:

2012 - The Swarm - Confirmed - (8/12/11) Go-Merlin has posted what may be the first picture of coaster pieces now on site for The Swarm at Thorpe Park.
(8/5/11) A great overview of The Swarm’s layout can be found here and a side view of the lift hill and first drop looks like that head-first drop may actually be a Twist ‘n Dive element, similar to the infamous inversion on the Manhattan Express in Las Vegas. While I’m still hoping we will see a rotating Wing Coaster at some point, I think this rules that out for this particular ride.
(8/4/11) Remember that odd mention of a “head-first” drop feature to be found on The Swarm? It just struck me as being kind of odd myself, and I’m not alone, as this has also sparked a new rumor, which does match up with some of the rumors I heard about B&M’s Wing Coaster project a year ago when it was first rumored for Italy.
According to the rumor, Raptor in Italy was just the first step in the Wing Coaster development project, as B&M were said to be planning on adding some kind of seat rotation element to future versions of the ride once they were able to get Raptor up and running and study all the stress and forces the new design would put on the winged seat design.
If The Swarm is indeed to be the next generation Wing Coaster design from B&M, it could be possible that the seats could rotate into a unique ‘head-first” position during the first drop of the ride, in much the same way that the seats on X2 (and other S&S 4th Dimension coaster) rotate. If this is true at all, expect to see the seats only move during this one element of the ride only… and will return to a standard riding position for the remainder of the ride.
Again, this is just a rumor, but it does match up with the rumors I was told a year ago about how B&M intended to add on elements and evolve this Wing Coaster design concept over the years with a series of baby steps.

While the 4D concept will not happen for this ride, I do think that someday there will be a B&M 4D Coaster.

But even then, this ride looks cool (especially the Twist n' Dive element). =)