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Indoor skydiving Centre to open in Dubai's Mirdif City Centre
The emirate's first indoor skydiving centre will open at Mirdif City Centre in 2009. The centre will be one of the world's first to give the public a chance to learn to fly without wings.
- Compiled from staff reports
- Published: 23:39 December 10, 2008
Indoor skydiving in Mirdif City Centre
Dubai: The emirate's first indoor skydiving centre will open at Mirdif City Centre in 2009. The centre will be one of the world's first to give the public a chance to learn to fly without wings. It is being established by the Majid Al Futtaim Group's Leisure and Entertainment division, which also set up Ski Dubai and Magic Planet. The 'IFly Skydiving Centre' will provide interactive simulation that will let the user float, spin and fly around in three dimensional space.
Programmes held for hospital in-patients
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