iFly Singapore celebrated its 5th anniversary by holding this Night of Sports event with the main purpose of raising funds and awareness for Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC).
Basically, anyone from first timers to professional flyers, of at least 7 years old can fly in this world's largest wind tunnel (Must also meet some flight criteria). iFly Singapore is so safe that the tunnel design has an accident rate of zero and there is a stainless steel elastic safety net at the base of the wind tunnel which is strong enough to hold two adult elephants!
Heading to second level to sky base where all the actions are. More than S$ 25 million has been invested to make iFly Singapore the first-of-its-kind and state-of-the-art body flight facility and attraction. iFly Singapore has even made it into the list of TripAdvisor's 50 iconic places to visit in Singapore and have already spotted quite a number of celebrities like International Celebrities Zhang Ziyi, Michael Schumacher and many more.
A total of 230 participants took part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the Most Tandem Indoor Skydives. Also, for every person taking part, iFly Singapore pledged S$50 along with a flight voucher worth S$119 to the Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC).
Caitlin & Pei Yu who were the winners from the inter-school competition 'So You Think You Can Fly (School Edition) in November last year did a 2-way freefly flight performance.
Kyra Poh (Team Firefly) Freestyle Performance on video
Look at how graceful and flexible she is. It's just so wonderful to watch her fly like dancing to the music.
Opening speech by Mr Lawrence Koh (Managing Director and Founder). He shared many milestones that iFly Singapore have achieved since its opening. To date, iFly Singapore has created a total of 10 Guinness World Records titles. Some of the more impressive ones include The Guinness World record for the longest indoor freefall of 4 hours 22 mins and 20 secs, which is equivalent to falling from a height of 2,766,720 feet or 843,296 meters through the air. Another record worth mentioning is the Most Head Spins in a wind tunnel in one minute. Flight instructor Jonathan Loh managed to create this record with 50 Head spins on 21 May 2015!
Another amazing flight performance by Kyra and Yixuan from Team Firefly. They danced to the tuned of Mission Impossible. A short clip of their performance can be found on my Instagram account here at @chewyjas.
Guest-of-Honour, Mr George Yeo was here to grace the event. He was also the one who grace the opening of iFly Singapore.
Singapore Paralympic swimmers Theresa Goh & Yip Pin Xiu also took part to make the world record attempt.
A video of them flying. They just prove once again that anyone can fly.
This fundraising event proves to be a success as iFly Singapore managed to raise and donate a total of S$38,870 to Singapore Disability Sports Council. Photo taken during the cheque presentation ceremony.
Networking session and anniversary dinner at the Sky Garden. Really love the food provided by Purple Sage. So delicious and exquisite.
Cake cutting and champagne popping time. Happy 5th birthday again, iFly Singapore.
Thanks Jessie for extending the invite to me. I had an enjoyable time watching the flight performances as well as the dinner.
XOXO
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