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2010/04/19 Indoor Skydiving with I Fly
π 2010-04-19 00:00 in Public
Jennifer and I went to try Indoor Skydiving at I Fly.

It was short, but a lot of fun.
Little detail most people likely don't notice, but I checked out: their fans draw up to *half a megawatt* when they are turning at full speed. For the layman, that means at full speed they draw as much power in one hour than 500 average houses do in a year.

A video is worth a thousand words, so here is a demo from an instructor:

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