BaByLoN Tunnel Camps

Our Next Tunnel Camp The price for the next Tunnel Camp has been set at €930 per hour (2 days). This might fluctuate a little due to changes in the exchange rate or administration fee. Tunnel Camp #8 is from October 27th 2008 to October 30th 2008 Tunnel Camp #9 is from November 24th 2008 to November 27th 2008 Tunnel Camp #10 is from February 16th 2009 to February 19th 2009 Important... Please note that the camps will be run on the following terms: Provisional booking is done only through the form below When we have received your booking, we will reply with payment details Booking will be classed provisional until payment has been confirmed There are a limited number of hours available Booking priority will be given to those who can attend the full 4 day camp Tunnel Camps run from 8am until 10pm every day. Students must be available for those hours on every day that they have booked Students are responsible for their own travel and accommodation You need to be fit for the tunnel. (For example, if you have a heart condition or a history of dislocated shoulders it might not be advisable for you to fly.) For more information, please enquire at www.bodyflight.co.uk To book for the Tunnel Camp, please answer ALL questions in the form below Please make sure your email address is valid and your mailbox is not full. Tunnel Camp Registration Form Please complete ALL of the following information: Email Address:  **Important** This must be correct and a working mailbox so that we can reply to you. Name:  Home Telephone Number:  Please include the International Code, i.e. +34  Mobile Telephone Number:  Please include the International Code, i.e. +34  Have you been to one of our Tunnel Camps before?  Yes No Tunnel Camp #8 Do you want to book for Camp 8?  How many days do you want to book?   Yes 4 2 Tunnel Camp 8 is from 27/10/2008 to 30/10/2008. Please enter the first day of your training:  Please enter the last day of your training:  Tunnel Camp #9 Do you want to book for Camp 9?  How many days do you want to book?   Yes 4 2 Tunnel Camp 9 is from 24/11/2008 to 27/11/2008. Please enter the first day of your training:  Please enter the last day of your training:  Tunnel Camp #10 Do you want to book for Camp 10?  How many days do you want to book?   Yes 4 2 Tunnel Camp 10 is from 16/02/2009 to 19/02/2009. Please enter the first day of your training:  Please enter the last day of your training:    Please enter any other information that you think we might need to know:  Click on the button to Register your application
The Tunnel Camp Experience with BaByLoN & Bodyflight Bedford The Tunnel Camp: 2 hours of flying time over 4 days Individual flying time is usually blocked into 2½ minute periods Rotating with other people through out sessions over the course of the day Totaling to 30 minutes per day Coaching Includes: Briefing your flying sessions Coaching you during your flying time Debriefing while watching videos of your performances within a group One, or more BaByLoN instructors, working together as a team, will take you through the right progression for your level and ability. Spending non-flying time together talking, watching and generally hanging out with each other We will try our best to adapt the camps to suit your needs You can do fewer than 4 days but booking priority is given to those who want to attend the full camp We do not however recommend any more time than 30 minutes per day We feel that this is the maximum both physically and mentally to be able to efficiently progress Useful Information Bit You should allow a budget for food each day. There is a small super market nearby and a cafe that is open until 10pm For travel to and from Bodyflight Bedford and lots of info about trains, taxis & busses, go to www.bodyflight.co.uk/contact_us/location.html For accommodation, you will need to reserve any space at the bunkhouse directly with Bodyflight Bedford. Payment for the bunkhouse must be made in advance and you will have to provide your own sleeping bag. To book in the bunkhouse, please go to www.bodyflight.co.uk/facilities/accommodation.html. For alternative accommodation, you can try looking here www.travelodge.co.uk/find_a_hotel/hotel/hotel_id/273/Bedford for a cheap hotel. If you are outside of the UK, the nearest airport is Luton. For cheap flights to the UK, check out www.ryanair.com and www.easyjet.com About Gear... You can use your own gear if you already have it. If you don't, Bodyflight Bedford has everything that you will need. We recommend you use the following equipment: Normal Jumpsuit Helmet (without any camera mounting) Goggles Gloves Kneepads Elbow pads Shoes Earplugs To Organise Your Own Group Should you have a group or a team or have special or unusual interests and wish to arrange either group or one-on-one training with us, feel free to make to us a proposal of dates, times and group numbers and we will see if we can accommodate it. Further Info If there is anything we may have overlooked please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments at tunnelcamp@babylon-freefly.com or send us a message through our Contact Us page.
BaByLoN Tunnel Camps During the camps organised by BaByLoN, our instructors offer training and skills sharing to you via their coaching techniques and their knowledge of exactly what is needed to train in the tunnel. These skills can then be transferred to your skydiving giving you a fantastic back up to airtime coaching and enhancing your flying in the air. What Will I Learn? We are often asked questions like "What will I learn?" or "What will your programme consist of?" We prefer not to set any programme or "course" as we have found that our way of training in mixed groups using training camps makes it much easier for people to progress often far beyond their own expectations. Although we do not offer a pre set, step-by-step method in terms of levels, you will see a visible and logical progression according to your skills and experience. The training you will receive is based on our entire team's experience and development in the air and the tunnel and is the result of an amalgamation of all their knowledge, so you benefit from more than one person's instruction. Who Can Benefit? The camp is open to ANYONE! The beauty of our camps is that you can be at any level or experience in skydiving or in tunnel flying. Don't be afraid to be left out because you don't have enough experience. You can only learn more what ever your current level, by watching other members of your group fly and listen to their debriefings as well as your own. Being able to exchange your feelings and opinions with other people who are here to learn too is always good. We all have a different way to explain the same idea!!! We are all here to help each other and get to a higher level. Being a group is always better for the spirit!!!!
Why The Wind Tunnel? From beginners to advanced flyers, the wind tunnel is certainly a very good way to evaluate and enhance your progression and it provides us with a tool to develop your flying skills much faster!
	Endless Flight There are several benefits of wind tunnel training over actual flying in the air. The first biggest single benefit being that you can fly for a longer concentrated amount of time than during a Freefly skydive. During a skydive you have approximately 1 minute flying time whereas in the tunnel we would generally tend to fly in (approx) 2½ minute blocks going in and out over period of perhaps half an hour or more, the time is limited only by your own stamina and energy (and finances!). This concentrated tunnel flying enables you to have more time to understand the consequences of the wind according to the different angles you create with your body. You can then learn, in an easier environment, the flying positions that are more efficient adapted to your level.
Does Size Matter? The Bodyflight wind tunnel at Bedford in the UK is the most powerful wind tunnel available to flyers. With a flying chamber 4.9 meters wide and 8 meters high, Bodyflight Bedford in England is (most probably) THE largest wind tunnel in the World! However even with that available space it doesn't give you as much compared to the huge amount of space you can use to fly around in the sky... So the second benefit of the wind tunnel is the fact that you are surrounded by walls, flying in a restricted area and not free in the relatively unlimited space in the air. This limitation of space helps you to learn, much faster and more safely, how to control the precision of your flight from a static basic position (back, belly, seat, head down...) to high speed acrobatic moves (transitions, carve, eagles etc...).
	Wind Speed Another privilege of the wind tunnel is that we are able to change the actual wind speed by adjusting the power of the engine. This allows you to fly at a rate that is perfect for your level and weight. Start At The Bottom & Go Up Another big advantage of this "training machine" is that you can always use the net base at the bottom of the tunnel as a support to have a solid starting point from which you can find the right position before trying to fly it.