First time I heard of an aerodium, I was at the Brussels Charleroi airport, since aerodium is right next to it. In October I noticed that an aerodium is coming to Slovenia in December. Of course, I had to try it out as soon as possible. Jošt’s birthday was a perfect opportunity to have a memorable day, do sth crazy, new and fun together.
How my my experience of the Aerodium Slovenia? Overall, I totally recommend it. It’s a must and it was on my bucket list. Flying is awesome and they’ll see me again in the summer. :)
This is a video of our first flying experience. You can see, that for most of the time, we’re trying to find the correct position. Only towards the end, we started controlling our body position, so that we could’ve fly on our own. Unfortunately, I don’t have a video of our second entry.
Where is Aerodium Slovenia and how to get there?
Finding the place is really easy. Drive from Ljubljana to Logatec for 30 minutes, leave the highway, go straight, turn right at “industrijska cona” sign and follow the signs for Aerodium. If you’re not from Slovenia, you can use prevoz.org (car sharing) for easiest and cheapest way to Logatec. Just tell the driver to drop you off at “industrijska cona” and then you can walk for 10 minutes.
How much does it cost?
Check the price list here. We paid 80 eur for 2 people (4+2 minutes), since we decided for Thursday promotion for couples. Basic price is 45 eur for 2 minutes, but you really have to take 4 minutes (2 entries). With 2nd entry, you become much more confident and you control your flying position quickly. You can then really start enjoying and moving around. At my 1st entry, I was mostly finding the correct position with my instructor and everything was new - wind blowing in my face, cold, flying etc. Too many thing to focus on flying and trying out new things. Second entry was so much better! :D
Visit the place in spring, summer or autumn
Cold wind? What? Yes, the place is inside, but it’s connected to the outdoors. Since we visited the place in January, it felt like the wind blowing in your face with 200km/h at 0 degrees. Not the best feeling ever, at least for me it was quite disturbing. In the summer, opening hours will also be longer - until the sun goes down.
How much time do you need?
Organization at the place was a bit messy, since they just opened the place 3 weeks ago. We arrived at 3pm and for few minutes of flying we spent almost 3 hours. At first, they said we’ll start a bit late, since they had to remove the snow and then around 15 people had to fly before our turn. It’s good we weren’t in a hurry, so we waited in a bar, so it wasn’t a problem at all. But, don’t plan sth an hour after your scheduled flight - it might get delayed, just like at the airport. :)
Is it safe?
Yes. I felt 100 % safe at all times. The instructor is in the flying zone with you and he’s taking care of your body position. You also control it on your own and even if you’d do sth unexpected with your body, instructor will bring you back to the correct position. There’s also another person controlling the power of the wind (when you go inside, it’s on 70 % and then it depends on your weight too). So, if you would somehow start falling down, he would increase the wind power and it would hold you up. At least that’s how I understood the whole thing. You also attend a group briefing before you fly, where you watch a video and then try out the optimal flying position. Staff is very professional and we had a lot of fun with our instructor, Mare.
Bring someone with you to take pictures
We couldn’t take any pictures, since we were in the zone of the tunnel at the same time and you can’t go in and out, when it’s turned on. They offer video for 15 euros and no pictures. I’m sure they’ll come up with a better business model soon. :)
Do you need anything?
Wear comfortable clothes, that you can wear under the suit you get at the Aerodium. Wear comfortable shoes (definitely not winter boots or high heels, luckily they also borrow sport shoes if you don’t have them). You also get protection glasses, a helmet, earplugs and gloves. You just need some balls. :)
Go, fly, become a bird for a day. Or actually, for few minutes. :D
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