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Aerodium opens indoor skydiving center near Shaolin in China

BC, Riga, 31.05.2016.Print version
Latvian vertical wind tunnel operator Aerodium in cooperation with Chinese investors has opened an indoor skydiving center, Flying Dream, in Dengfeng, China, near the famous Shaolin Monastery, the company announced LETA.

It is the first indoor skydiving center in the world that has been built in the form of an amphitheater. The facility will offer visitors not only indoor skydiving experience but also shows featuring kung-fu and skydiving demonstrations.

 

"As this vertical wind tunnel is situated not far from the Shaolin Monasery where monks had been studying levitation for centuries, the show is about progress of flying from the early days of Zen Buddhism to modern times,” said Liga Gablika, a representative of Aerodium, adding that over 200 kung-fu experts, singers, dancers and skydiving acrobats participated in the show.

 

Aerodium vertical wind tunnels had been installed in 37 world countries, including the United States, Argentina, Canada, Thailand, Finland, South Korea, Indonesia, Italy, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia etc. Since 2015 the company has been focusing on building a franchise network. First Aerodium franchises were opened last year in Slovenia and Bahrain. Franchises in China and Egypt will be opened this year, and the company continues working on projects in other countries. Flying Dream in Dengfeng also is one of Aerodium's franchises.

 

Aerodium vertical wind tunnel operator closed 2015 with a profit of EUR 280,000 on a turnover of EUR 778,000, up 4% from 2014. Aerodium Technologies, the company producing vertical wind tunnels, posted a profit of EUR 237,600 on a turnover of EUR 4.881 million for 2015.






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