Zero Gravity Center

Romania’s first public vertical wind tunnel is here, and it’s an AERODIUM R2. Inaugurated on October 27, 2026, and open to the public from October 30, the tunnel is the heart of the new Zero Gravity Center in Ghiroda, at the entrance to Timișoara. The €9.5 million project took five years and was led by Tiberiu Rada, a skydiving and extreme sports enthusiast and CEO of Oracle Engineering. The 3,200 m² complex also has a restaurant, café, fitness room, playground and laser tag, and the investors plan to build a hotel nearby. More than 500 flights were booked before opening day.

The R2’s 3-meter flight chamber stands 10 meters tall, with airspeeds up to 250 km/h. It works just as well for first-time flyers aged 4 as for competitive skydivers. Families can fly with no experience, guided by an instructor. Athletes can repeat flight sequences without the risk, stress, and cost of jumping from a plane, and practice key indoor skydiving positions such as head-down and sit-fly. Romania’s 2026 national skydiving champion, Mihnea Riteș, says three hours of tunnel training gave him progress equal to about 300 jumps. Located near the Serbian and Hungarian borders, the center expects more than 100,000 visitors a year.

From Kuwait to Serbia and beyond, the AERODIUM R2 is fast becoming the centerpiece for FECs and leisure destinations. It combines patented safety technology and a premium look and feel at an affordable investment. Zero Gravity Center shows how the R2 can anchor an entire leisure destination and keep customers coming back.