In a recent article, Mike Hollinshead highlighted that the key to getting young people interested in pursuing a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is to help them learn through experience. In the United States, the iFLY champion doing exactly this, is Christina Soontorvant.
According to Mark Bridge, writing in the Times recently, virtual reality headsets could become the opera glasses of the 21st century, allowing concert goers at the back of the auditorium, with the help of a VR (virtual reality) headset, to take a front row seat, or even jump on stage with the band!
"102 year old Eva Lewis proves that age should never be a barrier. Last Sunday the team at iFLY Milton Keynes were thrilled to welcome their oldest ever flyer to the wind tunnel."
Opening tunnels requires a lot of flexibility. No location has the same requirements. When we can move the items into the building varies by each region and in the US, buy county. Flexibility and communication with all the companies that deliver and install the items, is vital.
"This is a story about the 9 year old Freestyle Flyer Ben Lammon, and how flying changed his life. Before finding iFLY and tunnel flying, Ben was suffering from a great deal of frustration, panic, and anger from school."