Adventure-seekers who want the thrill of skydiving without the risk will soon be able to spend $50 for two minutes inside a simulator.
SkyVentures Silicon Valley should be operating by June, said Kent Sessions, who decided to build a simulator in the San Francisco Bay area after visiting one in Orlando, Fla.
It will be a fully enclosed $6.
5 million wind tunnel powered by four 250 horsepower electric fans capable of suspending people a few feet above a safety net on 150 mph winds.
While beginners must fly solo, as many as four customers are allowed inside the 12-foot-wide tunnel at a time.
Union City, which will receive 3 percent of the tunnel's gross ticket sales, approved the project in 2004.
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