The first parachute was invented when Jack, tumbling haplessly from his titanium beanstalk, used a purloined pair of giant underpants to steady his fall. Glide to earth safely with today's Groupon: for $60, you get a 30-minute discovery flight from Adventure Aviation Trike Flights in Chelan (a $120 value).
During discovery flights, Adventure Aviation Trike Flights guides fliers along aerial explorations in their light-sport-weight-shift trikes⎯an elegant machine that's half motorized tricycle and half one-winged aircraft. An experienced pilot powers up the cloud-riding stallion and ventures into the atmosphere to pave the way toward lofty adventure, soaring over scenic Lake Chelan and peering down at ant-size humans and invisible-size ants. Each sky-skimming guest receives a hands-on piloting experience, learning the basics of trike-airplane operation while skirting through the open air. Trike Flights proffers an engaging experience that can be enjoyed by novice and experienced fliers alike.
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The Groupon Guide to: Snow Globes
Collecting clear spheroids containing snowy tableaus of quaint scenarios suspended in clear fluid is a pastime of both grandmothers and grandmothers-at-heart. What do you need to know about the history of these transparent globular mantel dazzlers?
• 1882: Snow globes are accidentally invented by a disgruntled man attempting to drown a suspicious group of miniature resin Christmas caroler figurines. That man's name? Richard Snowglobe.
• 1969: Space-age technology permits snow globes to be paired with a key-wound music box, affording witnesses a level of entertainment so unprecedented that the streets became littered with crumpled, obsolete televisions.
• 1985: First snow-globe appearance by fan favorite Eeyore, the donkey from Winnie-the-Pooh. Within two years of immense success in this new medium, he will retire from animation entirely.
• 2010: A controversial plastic, USB-powered snow globe is revealed at the biannual Snow Global Conference in Zurich, causing the international glass market to plummet. Subsequent rioting across Europe destroys more than 300,000 miniature Eiffel Towers and one regular-size model.
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