Aerodium Latvia

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Aerodium Latvia is a company based in Sigulda, Latvia which owns and runs the first vertical wind tunnel in Eastern Europe. The vertical wind tunnel (VWT) is located near Sigulda, the most visited tourist area in Latvia. The company became known after the 2006 Torino XX Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies, because Aerodium Latvia helped produce the part of the show that featured flying acrobats. The company built the biggest mobile vertical wind tunnel in the world especially for the Torino show. The tunnel blows a wind stream of 200 km/h within a diameter of 3.7 meters.

Aerodium Latvia is owned by Ivars Beitans, Kristaps Turauskis and Igors Zvjagins. Toward the end of the 1980s, Beitans became famous in the former Soviet Union when he made the first bungee jump attempt with a bungee cord that was handmade of tractor tyre rubber.