July 2020 - Altitude Flights.com

Balloon to Fly Tourists to Edge of Space

July 19, 2020

Balloon to Fly Tourists to Edge of Space Whilst the travel industry is focused on the current pandemic, here at Altitude Flights we are delighted to report on something totally different. In Fact, it’s out of this world. Two companies, Space Perspective and PriestmanGoode, are working together to make a balloon that will fly passengers to the edge of space. I will be called Spaceship Neptune. The balloon will use hydrogen to float up […]

Ride the World’s Longest ‘Flying Fox’ in New Zealand

July 8, 2020

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Ride the World’s Longest ‘Flying Fox’ in New Zealand New Zealand calls itself the home of adventure tourism, with many exciting activities for tourists around the country. One example is the Skywire ride — the world’s longest “flying fox” — found at Cable Bay Adventure Park, outside of Nelson, on the South Island. A “flying fox” is what New Zealanders call a “zipline” — where a person uses a pulley to move down a cable […]