flying

Bay seniors eager to defy gravity might want to check into the introductory lessons at Flying Vikings in Hayward. It’s a 2-hour class starting with a ground briefing and simulator session, then you take to the skies with a seasoned instructor who shortly will hand over the controls and you can decide whether the thrill […]

Bay seniors with a lifelong, unfulfilled fantasy to pilot a plane might as well do it now. What’s the point in waiting? Flying Vikings in Hayward offers one off classes as well as lengthy programs towards earning your license. Classes take place at the Hayward Executive Airport and fees start around $130/hour. For the friend […]

Bay Area seniors with no fear of heights can now strap themselves in for a treetop tour of California redwoods. Sonoma Canopy Tours near the coastal town of Occidental offers 2 ½ hour adventures ziplining above the forest cover on sky bridges, staircases and rappelling back to earth. Beginners more than welcome. $59 for anyone […]

Agreed, the idea of jumping out of a plane is ridiculously terrifying. But at iFly in Union City nobody will be pushing you into the wild blue yonder. It all happens safely indoors in a 40 foot high vertical wind tunnel that simulates the skydiving experience – the spinning, the floating, the giddy thrill- at air speeds […]

Over 70 million Americans spend serious time bird watching. The Bay Area is a great place to do it. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service more than 1.5 million waterfowl will winter here. For beginners there are classes all over including  ones in the East Bay, Marin and San Francisco. It’s an invigorating, […]

This outdoor activity is kind of like a flying La-Z-Boy recliner, a motorized hang glider soars 1500 feet above the Sonoma countryside, swooping through the air like a hawk. The latest step in human efforts to defy gravity, it’s called trike gliding. You’ll take off with your pilot from the Petaluma Airport for a 30 […]