Ceiling height: approx. 35 ft
Address: Unit 7A, Mellish House, Harrington Way
Cost: 70 pounds – 1 hour private session
Email: aircraftcircusdocs@gmail.com
Rigging:
The building is made out of metal sidings. Some straps are wrapped in a basket, while others are wrapped around the beam a few times. The beams are made of metal.
Review:
I purchased a speciality aerial private session on their website (www.aircraftcircus.com) after I communicated with Aircraft Circus. I wanted to make sure that there will be an instructor that will be able to teach me bungee trapeze when I was available.
I had the pleasure to have Alex Frith (one of the directors of Aircraft Circus) as my instructor. Note: Alex has since stepped down as a director.
Warm-up is done on your own time. I came half an hour early to do my warm-up and it ended up being postponed until half an hour later as he needed time to set up the bungee. What administration didn’t know is that bungee trapeze is a fickle apparatus.
Once the bungee trapeze was set up, it still takes about an hour of tinkering due to my weight and the elasticity of the cords. The bungee needed an extra cord on each side of the harness so that I can get to the trapeze bar (which was about 30 feet up in the air). Instead of a 1-hour private session, it ended up more than double due to the set-up time. Luckily, I had some time and was able to stay for the entire session. The only thing about staying in a harness for that long is that you tend to start losing blood circulation and feel numb in the thighs. It’s not a comfortable position to be wearing diaper-like contraptions for too long. So, be wary of it.
The experience was exhilarating and scary at the same time. Imagine sitting on a trapeze bar about 30 feet in the air and someone tells you to fall back into nothingness. There’s a lot of heart palpitation and cold sweat involve. After you succeed with the first step, you start working towards a short sequence of tumbling that needs to be done at the right time and order. I didn’t do the sequence very well, but there’s always the next time.