We are back in Kansas City, which means that Ellie insisted on another visit to iFLY, which bills itself as indoor skydiving. https://www.iflyworld.com/ . That's reasonably accurate. She has had enough experience now that she can go up about 30 feet / 10 meters with instructor. She is absolutely fearless. More! There are plans for one of these in St. Louis.
I have seldom if ever posted a video instead of a photograph in one of my posts but I couldn't pass this up. It is Ellie's final iFLY ride, when they wound up the wind speed and the instructor took her far up into the cylinder. She took right to it and earlier was able to float for a while without assistance. Time of her life.
I didn't know a lot about this because we don't have one in St. Louis but there is a company called iFly which bills itself as indoor skydiving, https://www.iflyworld.com/. There is a location in the suburbs of Kansas City. You put on a jumpsuit, goggles and helmet, then go into this cylinder with an instructor. A giant fan beneath blows upward at speeds over 130 mph / 210 kph, if I read the display correctly. Before the customers got going on their guided flights, one of the instructors put on a show.
Ellie had a blast. Pix of her to follow.
