Hey Kids, You Gotta Try This !

[Ed_in_Az]

In fact I'm going to try it when I get the chance. Bodyflight, vertical wind tunnel flying.    

No need to jump out of a perfectly good airplane to fly. :mrgreen:

http://www.bodyflight.net/videos.html

Click on "13 Tunnelrats playing together at AAC" for a cool vid.

It's too bad the Arizona version is enclosed instead of outside like the one in the above video.

[Phaedrus]

I'd do it! I don't see one for New York area though?  :dunno:

[natedawg120]

One close enought to me.  It's dang pricy though at $10 a minute

[calamari]

that's nothing. the california one is priced at $25 per minute, and you have to buy $50 at least (2 min).

[natedawg120]

that is just crazy, but still i would like to do it.

[Ed_in_Az]

I agree on the pricing being nuts. In Arizona it's $50 for a minute. On their website they say that equates to the minute of freefall you would have from a plane. I assume more competition will bring the price down. The open L1 version at the Appalachian Amusement Center is $150 for 15 minutes and they mention sharing a block of time. It sounds like the cost can perhaps be shared with multiple flyers. The outdoor L1 version looks like the most fun. Hopefully this technology will spread.

[Alphamazing]

There's one opening up in Houston in '06 with pricing at $135 for 15 min and better prices as you go up in time. The one-hour time block is something like $340, and it can be shared. Split that up between a couple of friends and there is a fairly good deal. I'm definitely going to consider going there.