Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!hosmsb!msb From: msb@hosmsb.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: Wind-tunnel Message-ID: <1991Jan7.145329.8341@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 7 Jan 91 14:53:29 GMT References: <1990Dec6.135025.42733@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <8570004@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> Sender: msb@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.s.balenger) Reply-To: msb@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories -- Holmdel, NJ Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: jenings@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM's message of 1 Jan 91 19:50:56 GMT >>>>> On 1 Jan 91 19:50:56 GMT, jenings@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Byron Jenings) said: jenings> The Fly-Away in Pigeon Forge TN is the only one still jenings> existing in the U.S., other than a military tunnel at Wright jenings> Patterson. But I did see an ad in a recent "Skydiving" ad that was selling reduced rates for pre-construction purchase of tunnel time. I forget where it was to be, but it was going to be co-located with a major DZ (Deland, Z-Hills, or somewhere else.) Pretty neat to be able to do a skydive, with dirt-dives and post-dives it in a wind tunnel.... :-) I also seem to remember that the wind speeds were now as high as terminal velocity (though that claim may have been for the Pigeon Forge tunnel). It would be pretty neat to test fly a couple 'o different jump suits (not baloon suits) without the bulky "annoyance" of a rig.... :-) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael S. Balenger (908) 949-8789 AT&T Bell Labs FAX: (908) 949-7512 M_Balenger@att.com Room 1L-405 msb@hos1cad.att.com Crawfords Corner Road att!hos1cad!msb Holmdel, NJ 07733-1988