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RAK to offer hot air balloon, skydiving and more to adventure enthusiasts

The Ras Al Khaimah authorities will offer hot air balloon, skydiving, aerobatic flight to adventure enthusiasts in the first quarter of 2022.

Aviation adventure enthusiasts will soon have more choices to fulfil their dreams and passion as firm Actionflight Aviation will launch hot air balloon, skydiving and aerobatic flights experiences for aviation adventure aficionados in the first quarter of 2022.

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The company recently tied up with Ras Al Khaimah International Airport to establish an airfield. It will be an operational base for the adventures.

Wayne Jack, COO and director of flight operations at Actionflight Aviation said, “Initially, we’ll be offering an aerobatic experience with a Red Bull Air Race type aircraft” which will be a passenger aerobatic ride in one of the world’s most high-performance aerobatic aircraft.

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“Since these are very high-performance aerobatic airplanes, there will be a pilot plus a passenger. Aerobatic aircraft are very high powered and capable aircraft so it’s going to be a very, very exciting ride.”

From Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, an aerobatic flight will be an approximately 20-minute experience and in addition, hot air balloon experiences will also be introduced in Ras Al Khaimah for the first time with a flight duration of around one hour and the company operate two very large 450,000 cubic foot hot air balloon envelopes with a basket capacity of up to 24 passengers.

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