Aaron Thies

I travelled to Union City a last weekend to experience iFlySFBay.com. It was extremely cool. I have gone skydiving twice, and not the tandem, if AFF (Accelerated Free Fall). Skydiving is better, but indoor skydiving is a very close sensation to free fall. Next time I will close my eyes. The big issue with the sensations being different is visual. I can see the ground and a people around looking through the clear tube. I do not see the Earth rushing up at me, and I do not have the 15 minute flight before hand t build up anxiety, nor do I have to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. That said, I highly recommend indoor skydiving. If I lived closer I would definitely take the classed so I could advance in free-fall skydiving skill.

I payed extra to get a DVD of my flight. There are two rounds of flying, and then I kept in the instructor demo at the end. While waiting for the DVDs for our “flight class” to burn we sat outside a crowded In and Out Burger eating our fries (only good if you eat them soon after purchase) and the grilled cheese (a cheeseburger without the meat - it is not on the menu, but all stores know what if is if you ask). We witnessed and honest to goodness drug deal go down - do drug dealers read blogs? An expensive car, far too nice for the two punk teenagers driving, pulled up to the curb. The table next to us had three guys handing out. The table asked “are you parking?” “Yeah”, then someone from the table did the stereotypical lead on the car door and I saw his cupped hand slip over the car door, and draw back slyly. I spotted an extremely white something in his hand before it disappeared into the car. The passenger kid leaned forward for a minute before his head appeared again and settled into an extreme recline before they drove off.

After the rush of indoor skydiving, the drug deal was altogether humorous, sad, and surreal.