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The Skydive Chicago Airport is a skydiving resort and camping ground in Ottawa, Illinois in the United States. It operates a private airport, Skydive Chicago Airport and offers outdoor skydiving and is spectator-friendly. There is an on-site cafe and gift/pro shop for all guests. For skydiving customers, it offers camping, RV parking, and an ...
Skydive Chicago Airport (FAA LID: 8N2) is a privately owned, public use airport located four miles northeast of Ottawa, Illinois. The airport is the centerpiece of the Skydive Chicago Resort. Camping, RV parking, and lodging are available to skydiving guests and an observation area, and café for the general public. [1] [2] [3]
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The first human to fly in a vertical wind tunnel was Jack Tiffany in 1964 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base located in Greene and Montgomery County, Ohio.. In 1982 Jean St-Germain, an inventor from Drummondville, Quebec, [2] sold a vertical wind tunnel concept to both Les Thompson and Marvin Kratter, both of whom went on to build their own wind tunnels.
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Indoor skydiving is when a person "flies" in a vertical wind tunnel contained in a column. While protective gear for the whole body is needed, the practice is much more accessible than real skydiving.
Training in an indoor vertical wind tunnel Lise Hernandez Girouard competing in freestyle at the 1st FAI World Cup Indoor Championship in Austin Texas 2014.. Indoor freestyle skydiving, also known as skydancing, is another form of the sport, made possible since the development of vertical wind tunnels in 1964.
Nelson and his older brother, Carl Nelson, grew up in Lisle, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. They began their skydiving careers in 1971 as novice parachutists at a drop-zone surrounded by cornfields in Hinckley, Illinois. At the time, relative work (RW) or formation skydiving was in its infancy. Carl and Roger Nelson, unlike most skydivers at ...