Nine-year-old Mikalah Strickling was a bit fearful about trying the iFly – a vertical wind tunnel meant to give an indoor skydiving experience – so her father prepared her for it in their own backyard.

In the video, Mikalah is seen resting her belly on a wakeboard that is perched on a rotating platform while her father, Jacob, used a powerful bouncy castle fan to blow the contraption. The wind causes the wakeboard to spin in circles, allowing Mikalah to have the experience of freefalling.

Strickling said they were preparing to go on a cruise with Royal Caribbean that had an iFly on deck, but that her daughter had trepidations, that as seen in the later clip, were quickly overcome.

"Mikalah later said that the real iFly was so much better then the homemade version!" Strickling told Newsflare.

Prior to going on a cruise with Royal Caribbean on the ship 'Ovation of the Seas' which has an ifly on deck, this father made a simple one at home.
Jacob Strickling's daughter Mikalah (aged 9) had trepidations about going on the iFly (a giant vertical wind tunnel which you can skydive in) on the ship and so Strickling wanted her to get accustomed to it first.
He put a wakeboard on a rotating platform, which Mikalah then laid belly down on. Strickling then used a bouncing castle fan to blow into her face to give her the feeling of freefalling, whilst the wakeboard spun in circles.
Mikalah later said that the real iFly was so much better then the homemade version!
Jacob Strickling has a YouTube Channel 'Make Science Fun' where he regularly builds fun and zany contraptions for his kids to play on.