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===Early years === When the CN Tower opened in 1976, there were three public observation points: The Top (then known as the Space Deck) that stands at {{convert|447|m|ft|abbr=on}}, the Indoor Observation Level (later named Main Observation Level) at {{convert|346|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and the Outdoor Observation Terrace (at the same level as the Glass Floor) at {{convert|342|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="great"/><ref name="ieee"/> One floor above the Indoor Observation Level was the Top of Toronto Restaurant (now named "360 The Restaurant at the CN Tower"), which completed a revolution once every 72 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=https://www.cntower.ca/site_Files/Content/PDF/Press_Kit/CN_Tower_General_Information_2013_Revised.pdf |publisher=CN Tower |date=2013 |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201061602/https://www.cntower.ca/site_Files/Content/PDF/Press_Kit/CN_Tower_General_Information_2013_Revised.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tower would garner worldwide media attention when stuntman [[Dar Robinson]] jumped off the CN Tower on two occasions in 1979 and 1980. The first was for a scene from the movie ''[[Highpoint (film)|Highpoint]]'', in which Robinson received {{CAD|250,000}} (${{Inflation|CA|250000|1979|fmt=c}} in {{Inflation-year|CA}} dollars){{inflation-fn|CA}} for the stunt. The second was for a personal [[Documentary film|documentary]]. The first stunt had him use a parachute which he deployed three seconds before impact with the ground, while the second one used a wire decelerator attached to his back.<ref name="robinson">{{cite news| title=Man Jumps From CN Tower With No Parachute (Thirty Years Ago)| url=http://torontoist.com/2010/02/man_jumps_from_cn_tower_with_no_parachute_thirty_years_ago/| first=Steve| last=Kupferman| date=February 26, 2010| work=Torontoist| access-date=November 10, 2013| archive-date=November 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110154900/http://torontoist.com/2010/02/man_jumps_from_cn_tower_with_no_parachute_thirty_years_ago/| url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 26, 1986, the tenth anniversary of the tower's opening, [[High-rise building|high-rise]] firefighting and rescue advocate [[Dan Goodwin]], in a sponsored publicity event, used his hands and feet to climb the outside of the tower, a feat he performed twice on the same day. Following both ascents, he used multiple rappels to descend to the ground.<ref>{{cite web| last=Goodwin| first=Dan| title=Dan Goodwin's Building Climbs| url=http://www.skyscraperdefense.com/building_climbs.html| publisher=Skyscraperdefense.com| access-date=January 2, 2013}}</ref> From 1985 to 1992, the CN Tower basement level hosted the world's first flight [[simulator ride]], [[Tour of the Universe]], based on the flight of a [[Space Shuttle]]. The ride was replaced in 1992 with a similar attraction entitled "Space Race." It was later dismantled and replaced by two other rides in 1998 and 1999.
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