Oh my God! I did it! I jumped! And I have the photos to prove it! The tower was 40 feet tall and approximately 65-70 feet long. We were strapped in 3 harnesses. Then they had us sit down backwards. We were not facing the water. I am sure that if I was, I would not have done it. It was not too bad! The water sure felt really really good!
We did two other parts of the Aviation Challenge. We were put into what they called the helodunker. It was this huge wire cage and they submerged it almost to the top. We were then challenged to swim down and out the window and then out to a life guard It was pretty neat. It was not all that scary.
The last part of the Aviation Challenge was a helicopter rescue simulation. We were to swim to a basket and it was lowered down to the water to us from a winch. It was then lifted up and we had to sit tight until we reached "safety".
The very last part of our day was a fancy catered dinner. We had steak, stuffed tomatoes with spinach and cous cous. Homer Hickam of October Sky was pretty cool. He gave a speech and told about his life story. Then we were able to get our books autographed. It was pretty cool.
Will add more later when I get a chance to upload the photos.
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