It’s the largest vertical wind tunnel in the world apparently. Ex-MoD. I’m not that experienced but after watching the formations flying before us, I thought: that looks easy. Session 1. Slightly timidly launched myself into the air stream only to sink straight to the floor. “De-arch to rise,” he’d said. 90 seconds of wrestling later I’d enjoyed a few fractions of a second off the bottom grill. Session 2. Every time I followed the Instructor’s directions I’d sink. I’d de-arch and tumble around like a leaf for a moment. Not happy. Two thirds gone - no flight whatsoever. Session 3. Exactly the damn same. Furious. Only in the debrief I am told that he’s trying to keep me on the floor. If I’d wanted to lay on the floor I could have stayed in my lounge and not travelled half way across the country and pissed £30 away in five minutes.
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