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2000 Former Canadian VWT transfers ownership to Bodyflight Skydive Simulators.
2000 Swiss Manufacturers of Aerodium builds their first portable
2002
Genting, Singapore - Sky Venture Genting opens up in the City of Entertainment
August @ WFFC in Rantoul,IL. John Suiter wins title "World Champion Wind Tunnel Flyer" in X-treme Air
August Marissa Partners LLC. announce the future opening of The Tunnel VS1 in Lake Elsinore, California
December X-treme Air portable wind tunnel under new management, making a dropzone circuit in the Western U.S.
2003
February 19th - SkyVenture in partnership with Joao Tambor host the first "SkyVenture Challenge", the first Vertical Wind Tunnel competition
held at SkyVenture Orlando.
Many new talent was discovered during this first event, including a new Zero Porosity flight suit design made by Nancy Tremblay of Ouragon Suits and popularized by Chris Calwell during his performance!
December 17, 2003 - 100th Anniversary The Wright Brothers -
Using the wind tunnel test data, a second Wright Flyer will be built by AIAA ( American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) volunteers and flown on Dec.17, 2003 at 10:32 a.m. EST, commemorating the 100th anniversary flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
A brief look back at 2004
- Appalachian Amusement Center
Opens for Reservations
- Record number of simultaneous flyers "8" at A.A.C. in North Carolina
- SkyVenture Arizona Breaks Ground
- Adren-L-N 2
Completes purchase of L1 and begins work on construction of their 2nd Vertical Wind Tunnel
- SkyVenture UK Completes funding target & begins work toward construction
- Extreme Sports Cafe announces Tunnel Camps at SkyVenture Malaysia beginning January 2005
- Bodyflight Bedford, partners with Bodyflying Zurich and schedules completion of former UK military facility
- Off the Wall productions tunnel is under new ownership by VR Skydiving
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Lifted Entertainment moves to semi-permanent home in O'ahu Hawaii
- SkyVenture Orlando hosts "Bodyflight Challenge III"
- Flyaway Las Vegas announces it's plans to close permanently, date not specified at this time.
- Bodyflight Gran Canaria sold to Korea
- Vertical Velocity offered up for sale
- W.F.F.C. has a VWT onsite for the 3rd year in a row!
2005 Industry Review
Appalachian Amusement Center holds 2 Boogies which have now become annual events
Record number of simultaneous flyers "13" at A.A.C. in North Carolina
SkyVenture Arizona, the second largest diameter VWT completes construction and opens for business
SkyVenture UK is renamed Airkix, completes construction of the first recirculating SkyVenture design and opens for business
Bodyflight Bedford, the largest diameter VWT in the world completes construction and opens for business
VR Skydiving assumes the college circuit tour dropped by
Lifted Entertainment
SkyVenture Orlando hosts "Tunnel for the Cause"
Flyaway Las Vegas, now with new owners, revamps and secures it's future operations!
Vertical Velocity sold for rock bottom prices and is now under private ownership in Indiana
The Tunnelrats
have included several new members
The Pink Mafia Tunnel Sisters group is formed
In 2005, Bodyflight Network serviced a record breaking number of users!! Just over 250,000!
Tunnelflyer.com emerges as a popular online forum
Latvian VWT owners secure position in opening ceremonies for the Olympics 2006
SkyVenture New Hampshire begins construction
SkyVenture Colorado begins consturction and is now nearly complete |
