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2006

Wind Tunnel Photos of the Week; Indoor Skydiving; Skydive Simulator

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Get a spot on our home page!!! Photos from all vertical wind tunnels and from everyone are welcome, not just our members! E-mail your vertical wind tunnel photos .jpg, .psd, or .tiff format to support@bodyflight.net.  Please include your photo caption in the body of your email along with any photographer credits we should include.

Paige Rudolph at SkyVenture Orlando

Paige Rudolph at SkyVenture Orlando
Paige, founder of the Tunnel Pink Mafia, is learning head down flying, and as you can see doing quite well at it! Congratulations Paige! Also shown is Paige's flying partner
Ari Perelman's arm!

from Norman Kent Productions "Willing to Fly"
Filmed on location at Flagler Beach in the portable vertical wind tunnel Dynasoar run by John Suiter.  This is one of several shots taken from the wind tunnel segment of the movie. The glow in the dark lighting effects created amazing shots and although these aren't new... we thought you would still enjoy it!  The glowing effect is created by black lights and sweatsuits painted with glow-in-the-dark paint.  A large silver sheet was attached to half of the open jet creating the backdrop.

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Bodyflight Bedford in the UK
Fabian Raidel and Cathy Bouette playing around in 16ft of heaven!
photo submitted by
Paul Mayer

Dave McMahan, Manager of Flyaway Vegas, flew his daughter Kaylee on her 2nd birthday. Kaylee has been around the tunnel since before she was born. Becky, Dave's wife, was over 2 months pregnant before she found out. This means Kaylee had several months of Tandem Tunnel time with mom. Since her birth she has been fascinated with the tunnel. One of her first words was "FLY. " Then came "Daddy Fly"

Ari Perelmen's first tunnel flights!
Taken during the early 1990's in Action Park New Jersey at the portable
Aerodium!  Although this tunnel is no longer operating, it has a very special place in the hearts of many!

Bodyflight Network Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week

Jeremy & Kate are tearing it up on their first visit to Freefall Xtreme on the lovely island of New Zealand!
Jeremy gave the experience a big thumbs up!
Photo submitted by
Shane Tully of WindWorX Productions, INC

Jeremy & K8 (Kate) are pioneers in Tunnelboarding fun!  Seen here playing at the fabulous Flyaway Las Vegas on Jeremy's custom made tunnel board. Jeremy & K8 will be taking a whirlwind nationwide tour this spring, so keep your eyes out for many great photos from their travels & tunnels!

Indoor Skydiving Flyaway Las Vegas
Flyaway Indoor Skydiving Las Vegas, Nevada

T-shirt Flying at Flyaway Indoor Skydiving Las Vegas
This week we're featuring Tim Best (left) and Mike Silva (right) for their amazing dedication to the sport. Each of these talented flyers is now down with an outside injury and are unable to fly. Tim was hit by a car while skateboarding and has had to endure several operations and is still working on recovery. Mike Silva, and experienced trampolinist as well blew his knee out while practicing recently. It will be more than a year before Mike can regain most of his mobility & flexibility in his knee.

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Flyaway Indoor Skydiving Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week

4 Way Totem
Flyaway Indoor Skydiving in Las Vegas Nevada!!!

Kevin Kelley
Assistant Manager
(profile)
-top net

Brad Hess
(profile)
Marketing Manager
-2nd from top

Lance Bates
DZ Manager,
Skydive Utah
-3rd from top

Dave McMahan
(profile)
Manager
- bottom net

Photo of the Week:  SkyVenture Arizona in Eloy! 6 Way Head Down

SkyVenture Arizona @ Eloy
Sixway Headdown Chaos
Ray, Thomas, Sergey, Punisher, Fabian, Craig
Photo: Ash

Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week

Tunnelrats John Suiter (blue) & Phil Henderson (yellow) flying high above Switzerland's ONLY Vertical Wind Tunnel Bodyflying AG.
Photo from
Ann Marie Toto circa 1991

Tunnelrats welcome their newest member Ray Kubiak
Photo of
Shane Tully with Ray Kubiak flying a Delta T in SkyVenture Arizona (top) and posing for a nice Bodyflight.net home page photo!!

Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week

Tunnelrat Ann Marie Toto flying the  Aerodium at Action Park New Jersey. She's using foam hand paddles for fun!

Shane Tully in DeLand at the portable tunnel VR Skydive!  Shane is the owner of WindWorX Productions, Inc, a video production company specializing in Tunnel related content.  VR Skydive is a portable VWT which travels a College & Event circuit throughout the United States.  This photos was captured from helmet cam footage courtesy of Paige Rudolph, founder of the Tunnel Pink Mafia.

Shane Tully - Vertical Wind Tunnel  Photo of the Week
Flyaway Las Vegas- Vertical Wind Tunnel  Photo of the Week

Flyaway Indoor Skydiving Las Vegas photo of Paige Rudolph, founder of the Tunnel Pink Mafia, and TPM tunnel delegate K8.
Photo by
Jeremy Oehler

Fabian Raidel at Bodyflight Bedford

Keith Kimbrough, Tunnelrat & Instructor at Appalachian Amusement Center's L1 Vertical Wind Tunnel demonstrates some old school techniques for tunnelboarding on the new net at AAC.

Recently, after years of not flying a board, Keith strapped on a new modified snowboard and brushed off some of his rustiness! Keith was among the first to pioneer tunnelboarding beginning at
Flyaway Indoor Skydiving

Featuring Fabian Raidel enjoying a bit of the zero gravity environment! Fabian recently spent some of his time assisting Shane Tully of WindworX Productions with video on a Zero Gravity flight!
Photo submitted by
Shane Tully

Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week

July Fireworks & Flying Boogie
John Suiter & daughter Lexi Suiter flying for photos at
Appalachian Amusement Center in Waynesville, North Carolina.
Photo submitted by
Jenn Butt

Paige Rudolph and Ari Perelman at SkyVenture Orlando
Photo by Jason Jerusalem

Bodyflight Bedford
Lucy Spoore, Ged Parker, Nigel Holland, Bernd Blobaum and Michi Sandner. Photo sent in by Bryony Doughty

On July 24th 2006 Astronaut and American Hero Buzz Aldrin flew his first Vertical Wind Tunnel flight at SkyVenture Orlando

After a full day of weightless parabolic flights with the Zero Gravity Corporation over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Buzz was escorted to SVO by Shane Tully of WindWorX Productions, INC. SkyVenture Orlando rolled out the red carpet while instructor Chris Ash with Shane Tully had the pleasure of taking Buzz in for his first flights. 

Photo: Chris Ash (Left), Buzz Aldrin (Center) & Shane Tully (Right) Photo by: Bryan Rapoza of WindWorX Productions, INC.

Learn More About Buzz Aldrin: www.buzzaldrin.com
Ready to be Weightless? Zero-G flights for the public:
www.nogravity.com

Buzz Aldrin Vertical Wind Tunnel Flying

On August 4th & 5th SkyVenture New Hampshire was invaded by Pink Mafia!  Four tunnel sisters & two barbies left their pink mark on this tunnel forever, by inducting 3 new girls into our sisterhood! 

Congratulations to Erin, Stacey & Laurie!!!
Once you go
PINK, you NEVER go back!

Find out more about the Pink Mafia : www.tunnelpinkmafia.com

Photo taken by Rob @ SkyVenture NH featuring Laura Kraus (left), Dawn Suiter (center) and Paige Rudolph (right)

Vertical Wind Tunnel Photo of the Week - SkyVenture Perris

Rodeo at Perris SkyVenture
Mary Tortomasi and Craig Girard from Arizona Airspeed.
Photo submitted by
Mary Tortomasi

Pink Mafia Tunnel Sisters Dawn Suiter & Jenn Butt practice their first rodeo attempt at Appalachian Amusement Center
in Waynesville, North Carolina. 
Photo by Lexi Suiter

Flyaway Indoor Skydiving Las Vegas photo of Keith Fields, Owner of Flyaway Indoor Skydiving with Paige Rudolph,
founder of the
Tunnel Pink Mafia
Photo by
Jeremy Oehler

Pink Mafia Tunnel Sisters Dawn Suiter & Jenn Butt successfully fly  rodeo at Appalachian Amusement Center
in Waynesville, North Carolina. 
Photo by Lexi Suiter

John Suiter & happy students, twins Bryn & Devon Cross. These girls were on vacation with family when they stopped by Appalanchian Amusement Center for a flight. Both girls have previously flown at SkyVenture Orlando as well!  Bryn was quoted as saying that this was "The best vacation that she has ever had!"

Congratulations
Rob & Laurie

These tunnel owners were wed WHILE FLYING at SkyVenture New Hampshire on October 1st, 2006. The photo below was taken during the ring exchange, which they wisely did with the air turned off.

Photo: WindWorX Productions

Happy 3rd Birthday Kaylee!!!
Kaylee McMahan, daughter of Flyaway Vegas Manager Dave McMahan, enjoying a little airtime with daddy before her 3rd birthday celebration. Kaylee has been around the tunnel since before she was born and has been continually fascinated with flying. Kaylee was first featured as Photo of the Week in January 2006.

Tunnel for the Cause 2006
has raised over $6,000.00 to help fund finding a cure for Breast Cancer.

Photo feature of Jenn Butt & Paige Rudolph during this years fundraising & flying event held for the 2nd year in a row at SkyVenture Orlando.

Learn more about Tunnel for the Cause at
www.tunnelforthecause.com

Paige Rudolph Costume Contest Winner

Freak Fly BOOgie & Costume Contest
Photo feature of Paige Rudolph at this years Freak Fly BOOgie & Costume Contest.  Paige, a fairy with wings, is the winner of our flying costume contest, and she received 15 minutes of FREE Tunnel time from Appalachian Amusement Center, and an
Official Body Pilot Raglan T-shirt.
Photo by Jake Davis

Tunnelrat Greg Midthun practicing his head down maneuver at Appalachian Amusement Center in Waynesville, North Carolina.
Photo by Brett Adams

"Extreme Ironing"
Airkix Photo Sent in by Trevor Haines

"Air Guitar"
Airkix Photo Sent in by Trevor Haines

Airkix