iFLY SF Bay: Indoor skydiving's safe thrills

If the kid in you has always dreamed of flying through the air in free fall, but the adult in you hesitates at the idea of jumping from a plane, indoor skydiving may be just the thing for you.

In Union City, iFLY maintains a vertical wind tunnel that keeps fliers afloat on a cushion of air that mimics actual skydiving so closely that competitive professionals use the equipment for training. But iFLY's staff say the tunnel diving is so safe that even kids as young as 3 years old can try it out.

"Actually, 3-year-olds fly fantastically," says Cameron Cole, a supervisor at iFLY. "They tend to relax even more than older kids and adults do, so sometimes they do better."

iFLY SF Bay: Indoor skydiving's safe thrills