SkyDiving 2024

The year was 2024. Planes would now allow you to skydive from a much higher point in the atmosphere but you would be wearing a mask that would filter oxygen to you for the first 2 minutes of the fall. Max was excited and could not wait to try it. His parents had planned this with him for weeks and tomorrow was finally the day. He tried to sleep but tossed and turned all night, much too eager to go.

The plane ride up to the air platform (it was a huge plane with buildings on top hovering in air that would come down once a week to refuel) was awesome. The

Earth grew smaller until he could almost see his whole country. On the way up there is always a few minutes of 0 gravity which Max loved. His body was weightless as he flipped around among the interior of the silver plane. The black seats served as ledges for him to push off from to get to his bag. He pulled out a bottle of water and opened the cap letting a little bit of water escape. “Mom, Dad!” he yelled. “Watch this!” and with that he pushed the water and chased it down the aisle of the small plane.

The few seats of the plane gave everyone restricted maneuverability and space which nearly caused some collisions. Right as Max  positioned himself under the water, the gravity came back and the water dropped right into his mouth. He laughed with his parents but it was cut short by a fasten seatbelt sign. They were about to land on the skydiving platform. Everyone wore oxygen masks until they were inside the building where the air was not thin like the outside. They had air filters and greenhouses that produced air for indoor breathing. They checked in and headed to a different plane. They would soon be skydiving away from the silver planes and platform.

The plane took off without a hitch and in ten minutes, they had already arrived. Max eagerly strapped on his parachute and stood at near the open door, with the wind blowing his hair around. Once everyone was ready, they jumped into the sky. The g-force immediately hit as everyone’s cheeks jiggled. It was almost like 0 gravity again except they were falling. The family formed a ring and tried to stay together while adjusting their speed by bringing their arms up. They would have to separate eventually so their parachutes did not hit each other when deployed so max tucked in his arms and legs like a cannonball and gained speed. He fell faster than his parents and once he gained enough distance, he suddenly sprang his legs and arms open and spread them wide apart. The air lifted and carried him so his speed decreased several fold. So much so that max felt like he was flying. The oxygen mask rang which meant that it was time to parachute. He pulled the lever on his back and was yanked upward as the parachute deployed and caught air. As he floated down for the last minute, all Max could think about was how he wanted to do it again. He had fun.