Reporter takes flight at new facility

If you’re looking to defy gravity – a new facility in Oakville is a place you’ll want to fly over to.

Our Phil Perkins tied it out and has this first-person report:

When it comes to super powers, I don’t want claws, or to be a shape-shifter. I want to fly.

And that’s why I made my way to brand new I-Fly Toronto, the first indoor skydiving simulator in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.

Adrian Uracz is from I-Fly: “Everyone dreams as a kid, I want to be superman, I want to fly, we make that happen here.”

If you think it looks like a military base, you’d be right. Standing at fourteen metres high and creating an airstream at a speed of 175 kilometres per hour, paratroopers are expected to use the wind tunnel for training. I’m no paratrooper, thus, education is essential, and so are some calming words from instructor Adrian: “People from four to ninety four can do this, and with an instructor, you’re going to be super safe with me.”

I watch a video, do some physical tests, learn some hand signals and I’m ready to go

Changed my shirt, get this on, get gearedup, and we’re gonna fly.

I strap on my jump suit, do my pre-flight dance, and I’m off. And I do mean off. The instructors did a great job guiding me along and making me look like I knew what I was doing — until they showed me how real flying looks, and feels.

It’s like a massage over your entire body. If there’s one word I would use to describe this, it’s almost therapeutic — you’re almost meditating out there.

I’m not the only person walking away with a smile, apparently the number one problem they have at I-fly, is customer addiction.

For anyone looking into skydiving but are a little hesitant, this is a perfect introduction — it’s also a lot cheaper. A tandem skydive is just under $300 and two one-minute “flights” are just under $90.