firstime 0 #1 March 2, 2004 looking for the closest tunnel to LI New york. I went on line but it was little vague. It looks as though TN or OH seem to be the closest. I have some freefall issues that I need to correct. I think the tunnel would be a great way to gain some confidence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koz2000 1 #2 March 2, 2004 Your best bet would be to hit SkyVenture, in Orlando. Obviously it's farther, but you have a lot more, good instructors that could help you out. And you can make a vacation out of it. my .02______________________________________________ - Does this small canopy make my balls look big? - J. Hayes - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koz2000 1 #3 March 2, 2004 For about $80-170, you can get an AirTran flight from Laguardia to Orlando. If you're flexible about your dates.______________________________________________ - Does this small canopy make my balls look big? - J. Hayes - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #4 March 2, 2004 Hi, SkyVenture is a good choice since you can gain easy access with the airports. I also recommend the tunnel in Houston called Adren-L-N and it will cost you a bit less than SkyVenture and is also a direct airline flight. Both facilities have good airspeed and you can benefit greatly from the instruction available at either facility. By the way, I'm curious about the vague part... I try really hard to make everything on the Industry including locations, complete, if you have some suggestions let me know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #5 March 2, 2004 Thanks for the reply Dawn, I was confused with Location:unknown, until I found that quite a few of these are portable.That was the only vague thing. Looks like it aint gonna be a short drive!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RedassSkychic 0 #6 March 2, 2004 QuoteHi, SkyVenture is a good choice since you can gain easy access with the airports. I also recommend the tunnel in Houston called Adren-L-N and it will cost you a bit less than SkyVenture and is also a direct airline flight. Both facilities have good airspeed and you can benefit greatly from the instruction available at either facility. I would not compare SkyVenture to Adren-L-N. The tunnel as well as the instruction in Orlando are a hundred times better than the port-a-tunnel in Conroe. If you are spending the money to fly this far south you might as well go to Orlando, the expense will not be that much more. "If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?" --Steven Wright Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Bodyflight.Net 0 #7 March 2, 2004 Hi, I didn't really compare the two tunnels at all BUT The instruction available in Texas depends on the student, there are plenty of aff coaches around perfectly capable of teaching great freefall skills at the local dz, and also John Suiter is available for coaching in Conroe as well as SkyVenture, and I maybe biased, but there is NO better tunnel instruction out there. The expense being "not much more" is always dependent on the person with the budget and how much they have available. Some people would consider a couple hundred bucks, ALOT more. There is plenty to be learned at those less than awesome tunnels, that's where most of us learned since the early 80's. So if your driving, and want to save bucks and have a good time, go to Pigeon Forge to Flyaway, it will be hard work but still you will learn ALOT to your benefit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pccoder 0 #8 March 3, 2004 Skyventure/Orlando is the greatest invention of all time. PcCoder.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #9 March 3, 2004 Hi Dawn, Was thinking Flyway in Pigeon forge in TN. Im going to drive so it's easier, have you been there and what do you think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Bodyflight.Net 0 #10 March 3, 2004 Flyaway is great, there is SOOO much history there. Almost all of us have worked there at some point in the last 20 years. You'll go, get a couple of books of 5 (cheaper than a coaching package) and go have a great time. You'll spend several hours there hangin out, probably do double flights (two at a time) and they'll coach you as far as your skills will take you. It won't be the same as freefall, and many may want to discourage you against it, but it is certainly worth the training, and the cost is greatly different. There is a Family Inn right next door and I would recommend going in the off season, meaning now or before school lets out in the summer. Get there first thing when they open so you can get in the first class. If your fortunate, you will be the only one in your class. These are not skydiving instructors so it's important to note that they are only capable of teaching you to be an excellent tunnelflyer, but an excellent tunnelflyer is fabulous in freefall.. nuff said! Go, have fun.. go to our website, print out a coupon first for Pigeon Forge, have a great time. One of the top 3 tunnel flyers from the Competition at the WFFC still works there today Wes Evens, say Hi, he's an awesome teacher! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #11 March 3, 2004 Thanks Dawn, I am leaving Long Island Sunday morn 3-14 so if anyone is interested in hopping a ride let me know. Have a new 2003 jeep wrangler that wont break down As many people that I spoke to, they all said it is a great way to improve ones skills, therefore I go with'the majority. Again anyone south of LI and north of TN who want to go along drop me an email either here on the posts or PLF56@hotmail.com. Thanks Dawn, Larry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites aspiff120 0 #12 March 3, 2004 Well. Dawn is correct, Wes is a great guy! Remeber one thing when in a tunnel HAVE FUN.. Your body will fly differently in the sky. So, just use it as a tool to teach muscle memory and gain a rough mental perception of what is going on with your body. Then after you understand how your body is when stable and what makes you move. You can learn to fly in a tunnel. I have flown at SkyVenture for over 4 years now and must say it is a great tool. Life is what you make of it! Come Fly WITH US www.bodyflyer.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites arlo 0 #13 March 4, 2004 what are your freefall issues, if you don't mind me asking? arlo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites firstime 0 #14 March 6, 2004 I tend to go unstable upon deployment. It started when I got my Mirage, the hackey is up a little higher than the rig I was renting. What I tend to do is turn my body while I am reaching hence flipping my dumbass as the pilot leaves... too late to get flat. It's a mental thing now and I HAVE to correct it and it will create a nasty mal if I don't. I have had other problems in my short (56) time but I worked on them and made it better, but this is some serious stuff and I think the tunnell might do the trick. 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firstime 0 #5 March 2, 2004 Thanks for the reply Dawn, I was confused with Location:unknown, until I found that quite a few of these are portable.That was the only vague thing. Looks like it aint gonna be a short drive!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedassSkychic 0 #6 March 2, 2004 QuoteHi, SkyVenture is a good choice since you can gain easy access with the airports. I also recommend the tunnel in Houston called Adren-L-N and it will cost you a bit less than SkyVenture and is also a direct airline flight. Both facilities have good airspeed and you can benefit greatly from the instruction available at either facility. I would not compare SkyVenture to Adren-L-N. The tunnel as well as the instruction in Orlando are a hundred times better than the port-a-tunnel in Conroe. If you are spending the money to fly this far south you might as well go to Orlando, the expense will not be that much more. "If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?" --Steven Wright Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #7 March 2, 2004 Hi, I didn't really compare the two tunnels at all BUT The instruction available in Texas depends on the student, there are plenty of aff coaches around perfectly capable of teaching great freefall skills at the local dz, and also John Suiter is available for coaching in Conroe as well as SkyVenture, and I maybe biased, but there is NO better tunnel instruction out there. The expense being "not much more" is always dependent on the person with the budget and how much they have available. Some people would consider a couple hundred bucks, ALOT more. There is plenty to be learned at those less than awesome tunnels, that's where most of us learned since the early 80's. So if your driving, and want to save bucks and have a good time, go to Pigeon Forge to Flyaway, it will be hard work but still you will learn ALOT to your benefit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pccoder 0 #8 March 3, 2004 Skyventure/Orlando is the greatest invention of all time. PcCoder.net Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #9 March 3, 2004 Hi Dawn, Was thinking Flyway in Pigeon forge in TN. Im going to drive so it's easier, have you been there and what do you think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #10 March 3, 2004 Flyaway is great, there is SOOO much history there. Almost all of us have worked there at some point in the last 20 years. You'll go, get a couple of books of 5 (cheaper than a coaching package) and go have a great time. You'll spend several hours there hangin out, probably do double flights (two at a time) and they'll coach you as far as your skills will take you. It won't be the same as freefall, and many may want to discourage you against it, but it is certainly worth the training, and the cost is greatly different. There is a Family Inn right next door and I would recommend going in the off season, meaning now or before school lets out in the summer. Get there first thing when they open so you can get in the first class. If your fortunate, you will be the only one in your class. These are not skydiving instructors so it's important to note that they are only capable of teaching you to be an excellent tunnelflyer, but an excellent tunnelflyer is fabulous in freefall.. nuff said! Go, have fun.. go to our website, print out a coupon first for Pigeon Forge, have a great time. One of the top 3 tunnel flyers from the Competition at the WFFC still works there today Wes Evens, say Hi, he's an awesome teacher! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #11 March 3, 2004 Thanks Dawn, I am leaving Long Island Sunday morn 3-14 so if anyone is interested in hopping a ride let me know. Have a new 2003 jeep wrangler that wont break down As many people that I spoke to, they all said it is a great way to improve ones skills, therefore I go with'the majority. Again anyone south of LI and north of TN who want to go along drop me an email either here on the posts or PLF56@hotmail.com. Thanks Dawn, Larry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aspiff120 0 #12 March 3, 2004 Well. Dawn is correct, Wes is a great guy! Remeber one thing when in a tunnel HAVE FUN.. Your body will fly differently in the sky. So, just use it as a tool to teach muscle memory and gain a rough mental perception of what is going on with your body. Then after you understand how your body is when stable and what makes you move. You can learn to fly in a tunnel. I have flown at SkyVenture for over 4 years now and must say it is a great tool. Life is what you make of it! Come Fly WITH US www.bodyflyer.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arlo 0 #13 March 4, 2004 what are your freefall issues, if you don't mind me asking? arlo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #14 March 6, 2004 I tend to go unstable upon deployment. It started when I got my Mirage, the hackey is up a little higher than the rig I was renting. What I tend to do is turn my body while I am reaching hence flipping my dumbass as the pilot leaves... too late to get flat. It's a mental thing now and I HAVE to correct it and it will create a nasty mal if I don't. I have had other problems in my short (56) time but I worked on them and made it better, but this is some serious stuff and I think the tunnell might do the trick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
