![]() You get all the safety training plus two, one-minute flights with an instructor. The beginner package is $62.50 for adults. Not surprisingly, the experience isn’t exactly cheap. Plus, if you’re just watching from the sidelines, it’s really fun to see people’s faces get stretched out and distorted by the jets of air. For the pro skydiver, it’s a really quick way to get some extra experience freefalling. There’s no real risk, as there would be if you jumped out of a plane. You work all of your major muscle groups at once. ![]() Here’s a video of Fly Zone’s wind tunnel, set to some Eminem music:įly Zone’s website lists many benefits that go along with the experience, apart from just the adrenalin rush. To imagine the experience, think of sticking your whole body outside the car window, as you’re going down the highway at 200 kilometers per hour! Tremendous upper body strength is required to keep your arms and head in the flying position. Beginners need to be accompanied by expert instructors, who keep your body in position and prevent you from flying off and banging into one of the walls. I’ve heard from friends that it’s actually a lot harder than it looks. Then, they let the rotors rip and you begin your flight. After you enter the tunnel, you lie on your belly on the floor. Then you’re fitted with a space-age flightsuit, helmets, goggles and even ear plugs to protect your ear drums from the rushing air. You start off with a training session explaining the ins and outs of controlling your body and staying aloft. Giant rotors inside the Plexiglas chamber blast air upward at more than 200 kilometers per hour, lifting you right off the ground and simulating the experience of skydiving. ![]() Want to try skydiving but get weak in the knees at the thought of leaping out of a plane? Then the new indoor skydiving facility in Delta may be just the thing for you.įly Zone is the first and only vertical wind tunnel in all of Western Canada.
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