IFLY (indoor skydiving company)

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iFLY
FormerlySkyVenture
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founders
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Services Indoor Skydiving
Website https://www.iflyworld.com/

iFLY Holdings (formerly SkyVenture) is the worlds largest operator and manufacturer of vertical wind tunnels for indoor skydiving. [1] [2]

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History

iFLY was founded as SkyVenture in 1999 by American inventor Bill Kitchen in Orlando, Florida. The Orlando tunnel was the first one built specifically for commercial use, and solved many issues relating to safety and enjoyability. [3] In 2002, entrepreneur and skydiving enthusiast Alan Metni visited the SkyVenture tunnel and was so impressed by the experience that he purchased the business from Kitchen and rebranded it as iFLY. [4]

iFLY manufactures recirculating tunnels ranging from 10.5 to 14 feet in diameter. [5] Since its founding, iFLY has commissioned 100 tunnels, operated in 20 countries, and flown over 54 million flights. iFLY offers both corporate owned as well as franchised locations. [1] [6] A full list of tunnel locations can be found here.

References

  1. 1 2 "iFLY Tunnel Systems". iFLY Tunnel Systems. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  2. ↑ "SkyVenture / iFLY - Indoor Skydiving Manufacturer". Indoor Skydiving Source. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  3. ↑ Wilmes, John (2016-04-08). "Indoor Skydiving Is Real, Painful, And Definitely Sports". VICE. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  4. ↑ Winter, Caroline (2017-04-26). "IFly and the Rise of Indoor Sky Diving". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  5. ↑ "Products". iFLY Tunnel Systems. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Heritage/Investor Relations | iFly Indoor Skydiving". www.iflyworld.com. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
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