Basic Flight Training Courses

We are now certified! We went to the IFly Utah in Ogden, for some INDOOR SKYDIVING. We were both nervous going in to the center, especially George! He was freaking out as we were getting outfitted in our jumpsuits and gear and looking for any excuse to bow out, but ultimately he mustered up his last ounce of strength and we both made it onto the waiting bench with the other 8 members of our group. It helped that a 6 year old was the first one to go into the chute.

Everyone in the group got two, one-minute sessions in the tunnel of wind. The first time the instructor helped adjust your body position so you were able to fly by yourself without going crazy. The second time he held on to you and was flying with you, taking you up and down the chute and spinning around -- like you are your own skydiving duet! It was awesome! After everyone went, he got 3 minutes of show-off time, and he could do some pretty crazy stuff, such as is seen here. (just a random video off you tube, but it looked the same.)

Turns out George and I are naturals - after the session, other people in the group were asking us if we'd been before, because yes, we were that good. George now wants to work there, and we are looking for any excuse to go back...so if anyone's ever interested, do let us know and we'll be there. Someday we'll be as good as that video.

All the following pictures are courtesy of some really nice people who were taking pictures of all the other flyers in our group (they were all in the same family). We were lucky they were so nice so we could have some pictures!

I am in the green suit and George is in the blue suit.