And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Or a bunch of fans at the top of the stack. I've done indoor skydiving and I'm much happier being sucked than blown.. Absolutely no sense you are falling, the walls aren't moving.
Note that she is the active partner, there is a someone running the throttle to send her up and down.
Don't disagree, but they're more interested in getting stable face to earth than what the I Fly gal is doing. Never had any problem getting stable. According to a vid I saw, the Army school at the Yuma Proving Ground had some difficulty teaching this -and their students are all at least experienced static line jumpers. Went to the local I Fly with my kids. The staff were amused, but respectful to the geezer (me). Got in the cage and stabilized immediately. The instructor watched me and then told me to get my hands closer to my face which I found increased my control. During about 400 freefall jumps, I exited the aircraft and instruction was over. In the cage, the instructor was standing next to you and could go over fine points. Neat stuff! As for the I Fly lady, her performance exceeds that of the free fall gymnastics. In addition to their stuff, she can stop and go back up.
I looked up iFly and there's one within an hour or so drive in the tourist Mecca of Orlando. It looks very tiny compared to this. It's $70 for two "flights" (didn't see how long they were).
There's a giant, very powerful fan under the grid on the 'floor'.
ReplyDeleteOr a bunch of fans at the top of the stack. I've done indoor skydiving and I'm much happier being sucked than blown.. Absolutely no sense you are falling, the walls aren't moving.
DeleteNote that she is the active partner, there is a someone running the throttle to send her up and down.
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ReplyDeleteBurp Charlie!!!
DeleteI'd say she's done that before.
ReplyDeleteIt sure would suck if you didn't know how to get down and you were up as high as she was. You certainly wouldn't want them to turn the fan off.
I soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo want to do that !
ReplyDeleteI saw ads for that in Los Vegas.
DeleteGo for it. No real risks except a bit noisy in the tunnel.
DeleteThe first part of training for HALO school looks very much like this.
ReplyDeleteDon't disagree, but they're more interested in getting stable face to earth than what the I Fly gal is doing. Never had any problem getting stable. According to a vid I saw, the Army school at the Yuma Proving Ground had some difficulty teaching this -and their students are all at least experienced static line jumpers.
DeleteWent to the local I Fly with my kids. The staff were amused, but respectful to the geezer (me). Got in the cage and stabilized immediately. The instructor watched me and then told me to get my hands closer to my face which I found increased my control. During about 400 freefall jumps, I exited the aircraft and instruction was over. In the cage, the instructor was standing next to you and could go over fine points. Neat stuff!
As for the I Fly lady, her performance exceeds that of the free fall gymnastics. In addition to their stuff, she can stop and go back up.
My company built the fans for those contraptions... iFly has hundreds of them all over the world.
DeleteI did the one in Dubai about 13 years ago. Back then it was about $135 for 8 minutes.
ReplyDeleteNo 'effen way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSimilar business called iFly in Houston TX.
ReplyDeleteI looked up iFly and there's one within an hour or so drive in the tourist Mecca of Orlando. It looks very tiny compared to this. It's $70 for two "flights" (didn't see how long they were).
ReplyDeleteWould absolutely be all about this.......Looks fantastic! Dont have to worry about runnin out of altitude and having to open, no?
ReplyDeleteUsed to been inVegas but not sure if its still here.
ReplyDeleteManiac Dyson!
ReplyDeleteSome days make you feel like that
ReplyDeleteAs others have mentioned, it's a company called iFly. https://www.iflyworld.com/
ReplyDeleteLocations all around the States: https://www.iflyworld.com/find-a-location/
I have done several flights in iFly, but none of them are anywhere that big. Not sure where this one is.
ReplyDeleteWith a big enough fan, everyone is a feather.
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