Nine-year-old Mikalah Strickling was a bit fearful about trying the iFly – a vertical wind tunnel meant to give an indoor skydiving experience – so her father prepared her for it in their own backyard.<br /><br />In the video, Mikalah is seen resting her belly on a wakeboard that is perched on a rotating platform while her father, Jacob, used a powerful bouncy castle fan to blow the contraption. The wind causes the wakeboard to spin in circles, allowing Mikalah to have the experience of freefalling.<br /><br />Strickling said they were preparing to go on a cruise with Royal Caribbean that had an iFly on deck, but that her daughter had trepidations, that as seen in the later clip, were quickly overcome.<br /><br />"Mikalah later said that the real iFly was so much better then the homemade version!" Strickling told Newsflare.
