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What Is Indoor Skydiving?

Reviewed by the Seeking Adrenaline team

Flyer in a red suit bodyflying in a glass wind tunnel, face visible

Indoor skydiving is body flight in a vertical wind tunnel. Fans push a column of air up through a chamber. You lie on that air with an instructor. There is no airplane. There is no parachute. It is not a tandem jump.

If a sentence still works after you swap in “first tandem,” rewrite it. The tunnel is its own product.

Quick Facts

  • Vertical wind tunnel — no aircraft
  • Instructor flies with you in the chamber
  • Short flights measured in minutes of airtime
  • Filter: Indoor skydiving / tunnel
  • Seeking Adrenaline does not certify tunnels

How a First Visit Usually Works

Check in, watch a short brief, put on the flight suit and helmet or goggles the tunnel issues, then enter the chamber with an instructor for a set of short flights. Walk out, return gear, done.

FAQ

Is this the same as skydiving? No. See Does Indoor Skydiving Count as Skydiving? and Indoor Skydiving vs Tandem Skydive.

Do I need a parachute? No. You never leave the building.

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