We chatted with the Temecula balloon company offering rides specifically for getting busy in a basket 5,280 feet up.
Ask pilot light Denni Barrett about the “ Mile High Flights ” he offers at hisTemecula , California , hot air balloon companyMagical Adventure Balloon Rides , and he ’ll secernate you : “ What happen in the field goal stays in the basket . ”
But grok a little deeper and he ’ll divulge some of the point , like the fact the trajectory take up passenger 5,280 groundwork — that ’s exactly one nautical mile — aboveSouthern California wine-colored country , at which point he pulls a privacy screen to give thrill - look for bucketful - listers the go - ahead to get busy in the basket .
And , he say , theydoget busy .
Photo courtesy of Magical Adventure Balloon Rides
“ Somebody who engage a drone from a length sent me a picture and said , ‘ Hey , we ’re just kind of queer , what was hold up on there ? ’ ” Barrett said , tot that the Mile High Flights are one of the most popular packages forMagical Adventure Balloon Rides , an otherwise traditional live strain balloon company .
“ I do n’t want to be indelicate , but OK , I ’ll just be unmediated : They were [ doing it ] doggy - style , with the fair sex over the side of the basket . . . so she could look out . ”
There are no judgments though . “ We ’re like the priest in the confessional kiosk , ” he suppose . “ If somebody has a fantasy about having out-of-door sex activity , then this would certainly ascertain that box . ”
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To make a likeness of privacy , a tall screen create two altogether separate compartments . Pilots also put on dissonance - cancel earphone and provide a Bluetooth loudspeaker system for couples to cover any noisy moments — the balloon can be pretty placid when the burners are n’t give the sack .
Once airborne , the flying endure about an minute , during which pilots spend most of their time by design ignoring their passengers ; couples are instructed to yell “ really loud ” if they necessitate anything .
“ For the pilot program , it ’s all business , ” Barrett read . “ We ’re focusing on navigation , fly , and trying to stay aside from other balloons so that they do n’t have any viewer . ”
Photo courtesy of Magical Adventure Balloon Rides
Doing the human activity in the sky is n’t a unexampled concept . diachronic records suggest that the whole musical theme of themile high clubstarted on a dare in 1785 whenone English aristocrat challenged anotherto “ get into a gentlewoman ’s breeches while one thousand yards from the Earth . ”
Since then , audacious lovebirds have dreamed of getting busy while airborne , with opportunistic companies jumping in to make full the gap , includingthis airway in Las Vegasthat offers private Mile High flights for $ 799 .
And while most couples have inner purpose when they book Magical Adventures ’ Mile High flight , some couple just want to fell higher ; the mile - high mark is about 2000 feet higher than the traditional blistering air balloon flight path . The software program also comes with a commemorative certificate and a pin that says you ’re a member of the Mile High Club .
“ These make great conversation pieces whether guests did or did not do anything in the strain , ” he enunciate . “ I ’ve also had nudists grease one’s palms the Mile High package just because they wanted to communicate with nature , raw in the air , and not do anything sexually . ”
As for Barrett , he ’s been form Mile High Flights since 2000 , when he worked as a pilot for another Temecula balloon ship’s company that has since close down . ab initio , he allege , mile high customers were mostly “ older couples who need to spice up their liveliness . ” But the clientele has changed to include younger , “ extremely fit or alternate modus vivendi ” family , too . “ It used to be primarily heterosexual couples , ” he sound out . “ Now there ’s a quite a little of same - sex guests [ as well ] . ”
Compared to a cramp airplane lavatory , Barrett read his Mile High Club is downright cavernous . The balloon basket is mean to support eight to ten hoi polloi , so when it ’s just two ( or three or four , he joked ) , there ’s plenty of way to , uh , rest down .
“ Okay , sometimes they do n’t lie down , ” he added .
Barrett give a 15 minute .. 10 minute .. and 5 - minute admonition before it ’s sentence to fall . Of naturally , it ’s not always easy to call it step down .
“ There have been several prison term where people have decided they want seconds or one-third , ” he said . “ There was one bozo who was like , ‘ Hey , can you pilot just 10 minutes longer , please ? ’ ”
do it to say , balloon sex is n’t cheap . Flights get at $ 1,400 per couple — plus $ 159 for any additional riders ( because balloon - bound radical sex happens , too ) . At least one couple has ask Barrett to keep the privacy curtain open for the interest of exhibitionism . To which , Barrett order , he “ spent a destiny of time looking aside . ”
Above all , safety is preponderant . Magical Adventures gives the basket a “ very practiced cleaning ” after all of its flights , with “ specialized cleaning ” for Mile High Flights . client must also bring their own litter .
Pilots wo n’t fly the balloon in eminent winds or any variety of adverse weather . And , as for the gesture created by the action mechanism in the basket , even the most fervent of fornicator wo n’t knock the balloon out of the sky .
“ Based on how heavily they go at it , there may be some rocking or bouncing , but it ’s minimal , ” he said . “ It ’s safe . ”
In the remainder , despite the intimate nature of the flights , Barrett said his customers are usually unashamed when they land .
“ We ’re not tattle about the mechanics of it or anything like that , ” he tell . “ People are just really gratuitous , saying , ‘ Hey , that was really heavy , ’ or ‘ That was an unforgettable experience . ’ ”
