Plan for indoor skydiving
A $6.5 million plan to build a vertical wind tunnel centre in Rivervale could bring "indoor skydiving" to Perth for the first time.
Indoor Skydive Australia wants to build a 22m building on the corner of Belmont Avenue and Great Eastern Highway that would house a flight chamber and wind generators capable of mimicking the free-fall experience of skydiving.
It would be open to the public most of the time and potentially used by the military for training after midnight.
ISA already has one such facility in Sydney and plans for others in Adelaide, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
The Perth proposal is subject to a development assessment panel hearing tomorrow. It has been recommended for approval.
The site would include the indoor skydive business and a separate conventional skydiving business.
ISA chief executive Wayne Jones said "massive wind generators" would operate inside a glass vertical chamber, lifting the flyer on a "cushion of air". "It will give anyone who has dreamt of flying the opportunity to do so in a safe and controlled environment," he said.
