The need to “feel the wind in your hair” is best fulfilled by parachuting, though it can also be fulfilled by riding in a convertible, swinging on a tire swing, or getting sneezed on by a jumbo jet. Feel the breeze with today’s Groupon: for $99, you get a one-hour ride in a powered parachute craft over Lake Lavon from Future Flight, LLC (a $199 value).

The staff at Future Flight, LLC, has ushered patrons skyward in slow-soaring powered parachute crafts since 1984. An adept aviator explains the ins and outs of operating the craft and conducts a safety inspection before buckling into a two-seat, open-air vehicle, similar to a go-kart, with the passenger and an eagle co-pilot. As the cart rolls down a runway, the chute unfurls, lifting the ensemble into the air. The newly skyborne glide at 28 mph over the scenic shorelines of Lake Lavon, climbing up to heights of 1,000 feet above the ground. Passengers eager to take the reins can, after brief directions on how to use the simple controls, practice guiding the craft. At the end of the hour, the air ace reduces power and guides the throttle for a slow descent, pulling the chute for a landing as smooth as a silk-clad conman.