Leap forward slightly, a whole person is like a bird floating in the sky, said Li Zhenbo, head of a research institute of an airborne army base in Sichuan Province, when his team successfully finished the vertical wind tunnel skydiving training.

According to Li, the successful training indicates China has grasped the technology and skill in vertical wind tunnel skydiving.

A person in charge of the base said vertical wind tunnel is a kind of facility which can produce vertical airflow. When the vertical air currents reach a certain speed, a person could enter into the air stream and float up without any propeller, feeling flight freely.

According to Li, the 5-meter- diameter vertical wind tunnel is so far the largest of its kind in Asia and its technical indicators have reached the world's advanced level.

By People's Daily Online