Up Up and Away!

The dream of flying without wings is closer to reality than ever before. Check out these fantastic ways in which human beings can fall through the air, glide through the sky and even feel completely weightless.

Skydiving

Do you fancy throwing yourself out of a plane at 13,000 feet? Well why not try a terrifying skydive and get your adrenalin really pumping? Stand on the edge of a plane before tumbling through the sky and experience what it is like to freefall before safely releasing your parachute. There is simply no way of describing the true excitement you will feel as you see the world below you with nothing under your feet. Be as free as a bird and enjoy a truly life-changing adventure.

Indoor Skydiving

Incredibly, you can now go skydiving without even getting into a plane. Head to an entertainment centre like Xscape in Milton Keynes and you can actually enjoy the feeling of skydiving inside a specially-designed wind tunnel powerful enough to test the aerodynamics of a Formula 1 racing car. A specially-trained instructor will help you get into a neutral flying position before teaching you all the basic moves – does it get any cooler than that?

Para-Gliding

If you are brave enough, try your hand at paragliding and experience the thrill of a free-flying glider aircraft. Although there is no engine insight, a paraglider can stay in the air for more than two hours and can cover many hundreds of kilometres. What better way to see the world like never before and get a totally different perspective of life. Discover things you would have never noticed before while suspended in a harness and let the fabric wing get caught in the breeze.

Zero Gravity

Believe it or not you can now actually experience zero gravity without heading into space. The Zero Gravity Corporation actually introduced commercial Zero G flights so that people had a sense of what it would be like to work as an astronaut. Costing around £1,800 for a 3-hour flight, this incredible weightless experience is a much cheaper way of achieving this bizarre sensation than rocketing to the moon.

Air Rollercoaster

Feel the exhilaration of being weightless onboard Air, one of Alton Towers' most unique and terrifying rollercoasters. Defy gravity and face your fears by twisting, turning and looping through the air narrowly missing footpaths, trees and rocks. Tilted forward so you are facing the ground, this ride is certainly not for the light-hearted but is fantastic for anyone who wants to feel like they are flying.

Wing Walking

Consider yourself an adrenalin junky? Well why not have a go at wingwalking? This extreme sport involves strapping yourself to the top of a plane and holding on tight as you soar around 500ft into the air and face breathtaking speeds of up to 120mph. A wonderful way to see things like never before, this is definitely an experience you won’t forget – if you are brave enough to try it.

So there you have it, a selection of ways in which flying is virtually a reality.

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Photo Credits (in order)

1. Flawed Artist
2. Jurvetson
3. Jeeheon
4. Marcin Wichary
5. Paul Stevenson
6. Martin Pettitt

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Zip lines are a means of moving people from one place to another where the person is fastening on to a seat or holding on to a harness attached to a cable. It was once a way for people from remote locations to deliver packages and equipment from one place to the other end of the cable. It is still being used by many military, constructions and others but nowadays they have become more famous as adventure rides. There are many locations for zip lines and they differ from their heights and their distance. They also have different versions of zip lining and it depends on you on what your guts on what to take such as choosing from just holding the harness or maybe taking the cable car which may look like a cage. It is usually an adventure ride for people to enjoy the different landscapes with the position that they are passing above them. 

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It may be thrilling and very hair raising when it comes to zip lining but it is important to always keep in mind the safety of every adventure that you might have even for other extreme sports. 

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