Extreme On Air

“People look for the extreme”, explains Gil Barkan, the owner and chief pilot of Extreme On Air, “and in our area free diving is not allowed for security reasons – and hot air balloons even more so”. Ten years ago, Gil, an air force veteran, founded the company that will let you feel like a bird for a moment – riding a two-seater mechanized vehicle, equipped with a large blower, attached to a free-fall parachute – with the pilot sitting in front. “It is an aircraft that flies using the principle of a parachute. Switch the motor off, and nothing happens: we slowly glide down.” The height of flight of these areal ATVs ranges around 500 meters, even though Gil insists that the great beauty is in the low-flights, “whether it is in a ravine or low over the shoreline, shaving the waves early in the morning a meter above the water.”