Indoor Skydiving

A couple weeks back I had the chance to experience the Indoor Skydiving with some of my office colleagues. It was an amazing experience. I had seen this on TV many times but never actually had a chance to do it myself till now. There is new Skydiving Center opening up in Abu Dhabi and we got an official invitation for that.

Indoor Skydiving involves a vertical wind tunnel which generates air from 80 MPH – 140 MPH in a vertical chamber and you can perform a “body flight” in the chamber in-door. It is safe and specially good for people afraid of height since you only float a few feet (4-8) above the safety net and ofcourse there is an instructor to assist you as well

From Wikipedia

A vertical wind tunnel (VWT) is a wind tunnel which moves air up in a vertical column. It is a recreational wind tunnel, frequently advertised as “indoor skydiving” or “bodyflight”. It is also a popular training tool for skydivers.

Vertical wind tunnels enable human beings to fly in air without planes or parachutes, through the force of wind being generated vertically. Wind moves upwards at approximately 120 mph, the terminal velocity of a falling human body belly-downwards, although this can vary from person to person. A vertical wind tunnel is frequently called ‘indoor skydiving’ due to the popularity of vertical wind tunnels among skydivers, who report that the sensation is extremely similar to skydiving. The human body ‘floats’ in midair in a vertical wind tunnel, and this is called ‘bodyflight’ or ‘body flight’. more

Unfortunately, I only have some blurred pictures taken from a mobile phone but not any good pictures and since it was a trial, they did’nt give us the video etc as well. Maybe I’ll go some time later when the place actually opens up with everything.