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.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

Provisional booking for a camp can be done via our online registration form. Visit our Events section and select the camp you wish to attend and click the 'Register Now' button on that page. On receipt of your booking we will get in touch with payment details. Booking will be classed provisional until payment has been completed. As 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 and 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 reasonably 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.

2 hours of flying time over 4 days Individual flying time is usually blocked into 2 & half minute periods Rotating with other people through out sessions over the course of the day, for a total of 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. 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, unless you are already experienced and physically ready.

You can book less than 2 yours, however we will give booking priority to those who are able to attend the full camp.

You will be flying 30 minutes per day divided in 2 sessions of 15min. It will keep you busy for half a day so you can relax and recover the rest of the time. Each flight (flying session) will last for 1 hour. Each session include 4 students. Each student will fly 2min30 and rotate. This way your instructor is able to talk to you before your next flight.

A new introduction for video at Bodyflight Bedford. 

From now on, If you would like to get the video of your sessions, you can either:

•    Buy a DVD from Bodyflight Bedford - the price is 14 GBP per DVD. NOTE: If you do 1 hour you will have to buy 4 DVD's (thats 56 GBP), so if you do the tunnel camp which is usually 2 hours then you will have to buy 8 DVD's (112 GBP)
•    But, if you come along with your memory stick or hard drive (you need 1G for ten minutes), you will be able to download  your videos    from Bodyflight Bedford for free!

For accommodation, you will need to reserve any space at the bunkhouse directly with Bodyflight Bedford, call them on 0845 200 2960 or visit www.bodyflight.co.uk. For alternative accommodation, you can try looking here for a cheap hotel.

If you have your own gear you can bring and use it alternatively bodyflight also provide all required equipment for free including jumpsuit, helment, earplugs and shoes. You may also want to bring gloves, knee pads and elbow protection.

If you are outside of the UK, the nearest airport from Bodyflight Bedford is London Luton. For cheap flights to the UK, check out www.ryanair.com and www.easyjet.com From there a shuttle will bring you to the train station for free. From Luton Airport Parkay Station, a 25 minutes ride will bring you to Bedford Station. Any taxi will bring you to the tunnel. This way will save time and money!

Bodyflight has a cafe-restaurant that is open until 4pm everyday. You can also order take aways foods from different restaurants, it will be delivered to you at the tunnel. There is also a small supermarket nearby.

Bodyflight Bedford is quite isolated, however the nearset towns, Clapham and Bedford can be reached rapidly by taxi (5 to 10 mn)

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 do our best to accommodate it.

With a flying chamber 4.9 meters wide and 8 meters high, Bodyflight Bedford in England is also one of 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.