willhill 0 #1 February 24, 2005 Anyone know about Appalachian Amusement Center open-air wind tunnel near Ashville NC? There's an article by John Hoover (with Golden Knights) in Skydiving magazine. His take is generally positive. Just funny that I hadn't heard about this place from advertising or fellow jumpers. It's only about 3 hours away from me. I have some time in the Orlando tunnel which, of course, is enclosed space. Thoughts from anyone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #2 February 24, 2005 That's the L1 in Maggie Valley. There are a ton of threads in here about it. Dawn Suiter posts here a lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodyflight.Net 0 #3 February 25, 2005 Hi, John Hoover was such a nice guy, and the Knights really did have some fun, that was certainly the best part... it was alot of fun to see them working on some freestyle/freefly maneuvers knowing full well they rarely get to play like that at 'home'. It's not funny at all that you haven't heard about the tunnel, considering the owner hasn't done ANY formal advertising. AAC has no staff right now and no plans to staff in the near future. Right now AAC does it's only coaching through us at Bodyflight University (which you will find advertised), by appointment only. AAC has been operating this way for over a year, and will continue to do so until later this year. We maintain a relaxed enviroment, everyone feels like one big family when your there. We have a few semi-local regulars that come back quite often but mostly we have groups driving up from Florida and students coming from E. North Carolina. We are working with the owner right now to create a Membership Program, which will probably be the first thing that is formally advertised (and the first of it's kind at a vwt). Just like any other health club membership, there will be benefits & discounts only available to their members, and guests of members. Benefits would include exclusive access to quarterly competitions with prizes, discounts on tunnel gear, and so on. SkyMonkey was exaggerating a little bit, there's only really 1 thread here about AAC where some DZ.comers have come & flown and posted their thoughts... started by base698 (formerly of Perris SkyVenture), you can find that here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1268175#1268175 DZ.com tunnel training links: http://www.dropzone.com/links/Training_and_Coaching/Wind_Tunnels/index.html Blue Skies & Fast Tunnels, Dawn Suiter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhill 0 #4 February 25, 2005 Thanks much for the info, Dawn. I'll definately schedule some coached time with Bodyflight at the tunnel later this spring. Good luck with everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
