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Last Updated: Jul 2nd, 2008 - 21:15:22 |
(ARA) – Having a hard time coming up with a great holiday gift idea for a friend or family member? How about something they’ll be talking about for years -- a Soaring Adventures Flight Certificate good for either a hot air balloon ride, glider ride or tandem skydiving ride at any of over 200 locations nationwide.
Hot Air Balloon Rides
Couples of any age seem to enjoy the balloon rides best. First, the crew chief will take your gift recipient to the launch site, where the balloon is being inflated. He or she can help the ground crew if they wish, most people do.
Then they’ll ascend to between 500 and 1,000 feet, floating for an hour over the countryside, beneath the clouds, through valleys, over treetops and rivers wherever the wind takes them. Breathtaking views. As they touch down in a farmer’s field, the flight will be celebrated with a toast of champagne or fruit juice, an old European tradition.
Soaring Glider Rides
The peaceful nature of Soaring and the option to try the controls appeals to men and women in their 30s, 40s and 50s. The rider and pilot get into the glider. A rope from the tow plane 200 feet ahead is attached to the nose of the glider. Signals are given, the rope tightens and before you know it the glider is airborne, being towed to a mile high above the earth. The rope is released and this is soaring! Smooth, quiet, peaceful, beautiful. Dual controls, so the rider can fly, too, if they wish, or just enjoy the silent flight using only the power of the winds.
Skydiving
Young people in their 20s like the excitement of skydiving and the thrill of the freefall best. Not for the faint hearted, and very different from ballooning and soaring. The recipient is sure to enjoy the exhilarating feeling of skydiving. After training, they jump from the plane two miles above ground, attached to an expert skydiver, freefalling for several minutes before landing safely with a parachute, within inches of the target.
Over the past 27 years, Soaring Adventures of America, Inc. has sold over 300,000 flight certificates and has a 100 percent safety record. For more information go to www.800soaring.com or call (800) 762-7464.
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