miniskydiver 0 #1 July 5, 2006 Today I took a party of 12 teenagers to Airkix. Unfortunately, we were caught up in a huge traffic jam due to an accident on the M25. We were sat on the motorway for 3 hours without moving! The team at Airkix were great. Although we missed our flights they bent over backwards to accomodate us. They arranged a new time later in the day and everyone got to fly. I was also impressed with the instruction the kids received. After 4 minutes in the tunnel they each managed to fly unaided, including controlling fall rate and doing turns (to various levels of success). It was my first time at Airkix, I normally fly at Bedford. IMHO both wind tunnels are a massive asset to skydiving in the UK. I will definitely arrange another school trip to a wind tunnel in the future (especially since I get to fly too!) Big Tony Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kollinz 0 #2 July 6, 2006 Tony, I'm taking some EBSD kids to Airkix later this month. They're really looking forward to it. Good to hear that the Airkix team are a good bunch. I hope they're prepared for the kids I'll be taking, they're hard work, particularly when pumped up on adrenelain! Maybe a dumb question, but does flying in the tunnel feel much different to actual free-fall? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
