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 Topic: Air ActivitiesThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
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Wing walking is an aerial sport where you are strapped the a frame on the wing of a plane and then perform various moves whilst the plane flies at speed in front of an audience.
Skills - Strength: 5, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 5, Agility: 4, Coordination: 4
Time needed: travelling time + 2 hours, Cost to try: £500
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Skydiving is where you jump out of a plane and after a bit of falling free, open your parachute and float in a controlled way back to the ground.
Skills - Strength: 4, Balance: 4, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 3, Coordination: 6
Time needed: 2 hours, Cost to try: £250
Read full article: 'Skydiving' (6654 bytes more)
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SCAD jumping uses a very big net as a suspended catch air device.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 3, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 3, Coordination: 3
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £50
Read full article: 'SCAD Jumping' (520 bytes more)
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Parascending and Parasailing is where you are harnessed to a parachute and winched into the air by being towed behind a boat or vehicle like flying a kite.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 4
Time needed: 1 hour, Cost to try: £30
Read full article: 'Parascending and Parasailing' (3239 bytes more)
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Paragliding and paramotoring is where you sit beneath a parachute type fabric wing and float around on the wind and thermals. Paramotoring is where you have a big fan behind you to propel you forwards.
Skills - Strength: 5, Balance: 3, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 4, Coordination: 8
Time needed: 1-2 hours, Cost to try: £50
Read full article: 'Paragliding and paramotoring' (1265 bytes more)
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Model rockets are not just the water launched stomp rockets, but they are powered by a rocket motor that propels them up to 500 metres into the sky, coming back to Earth via a parachute to be used again (by adding a new motor pack.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: 30mins to an hour, Cost to try: £5+ depending on the rocket
Read full article: 'Model Rockets' (865 bytes more)
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RC Airplanes and Helicopters are a fun hobby where you use a radio link to control aircraft remotely. They range from small toys to large high speed aircraft.
Skills - Strength: 2, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 8
Time needed: 30mins or more, Cost to try: £15+
Read full article: 'Model Airplanes and Helicopters' (1518 bytes more)
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Microlights are ultralight aircraft that look like a small plane or like a hang glider with an undercarriage and propellor at the back.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 4, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 6
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £55
Read full article: 'Microlights' (3570 bytes more)
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Kites are the most amazing way of just having a spot of fun trying to fly them, make them perform aerial manouveres, or even use them to pull you along in sports such as kite surfing.
Skills - Strength: 1-10, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 5
Time needed: 15 mins to several hours, Cost to try: £5+ depending on the kite
Read full article: 'Kite Flying' (1683 bytes more)
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Hot Air Ballooning is the wonderful ability to float across the sky in a basket hanging underneath the most enormous balloon filled with hot air to keep it up.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £150
Read full article: 'Hot Air Ballooning' (4400 bytes more)
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Helicopter Flights can be either a sightseeing tour over somewhere like London or the Grand Canyon, or could be a taster helicopter lesson where you get to take the controls.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 8
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £120
Read full article: 'Helicopter Flights' (1691 bytes more)
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Hang Gliding is a great sport where you fly by hanging suspended from a triangular shaped canvas wing.
Skills - Strength: 7, Balance: 7, Flexibility: 4, Agility: 5, Coordination: 7
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £145
Read full article: 'Hang Gliding' (1098 bytes more)
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Gliding is the most wonderful experience of flying an unpowered plane using just the wind, updrafts and thermals to provide lift. Silently swooping and soaring over the landscape, you gotta try it.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 6
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £60
Read full article: 'Gliding' (5887 bytes more)
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Falconry is the ancient pastime of hunting using a bird of prey. the type of bird you flew indicated your status, from kestrel to eagle.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 10
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £30
Read full article: 'Falconry' (1385 bytes more)
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Bungee Jumping is a thrilling activity where you tie a huge elastic bungee cord to your ankles and jump off from a high structure such as a bridge or crane.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £50
Read full article: 'Bungee Jumping' (2865 bytes more)
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BASE Jumping is where you jump off a cliff or structure at low level and open your parachute at the latest possible moment. Seriously extreme and seriously dangerous, with a high chance of injury or death.
Skills - Strength: 4, Balance: 4, Flexibility: 3, Agility: 2, Coordination: 4
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £1000+ for all of your own kit.
Read full article: 'BASE Jumping' (968 bytes more)
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Astronomy and Star Gazing is the pleasure of gazing up at the heavens above and looking at the stars and planets.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: As long as you want, Cost to try: £Free
Read full article: 'Astronomy and Star Gazing' (2242 bytes more)
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Air Sphering is the art of floating inside a large inflatable ball held up by a high power fan.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 1, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 1
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £79 for two
Read full article: 'Air Sphering' (3196 bytes more)
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Aeroplane flying is a fantastic outdoor activity where you are free as a bird to climb high in the sky. Your flying experience will depend on what plane you get to fly.
Skills - Strength: 1, Balance: 5, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 1, Coordination: 10
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £50
Read full article: 'Aeroplane Flying Experiences' (1777 bytes more)
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Indoor Skydiving is the amazing freefall simulation experience created by floating over a powerful vertically mounted fan.
Skills - Strength: 4, Balance: 7, Flexibility: 1, Agility: 5, Coordination: 6
Time needed: travelling time + 1 hour, Cost to try: £30 for two flights
Read full article: 'Indoor Skydiving' (4084 bytes more)
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Things to Do Outdoors
