400 Way Skydiving World Record - Official Video
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81-way world-record skydiving parachute formation!
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World Record Freeflying - 69 way -Skydive Chicago hosted the 2007 World Record Freefly formation. 69 people held the headdow formation. Video by Punisher....freefly skydive
Date of jump: 28/04/1975
Parachutist(s): USSR Team (USSR), Evguény ANDREEV, Alexander PETRITCHENKO, Alexander TCHESNOKOV, Rem KOROLEV, Alexander MOLODTSOV, Valery KATKOV, Vladimir BESSONOV, Boris POPOV, Yuri KOUDRIACHOV, Evguény MAMAEV. (USSR)
Place: Astrakhagne (USSR)
G-2-b : Landing accuracy with 0.03 metre disc (group of 4) : 7 consecutive landings on dead center
Date of jump: 07/07/2005
Parachutist(s): Team Chinese (China (People's Republic of)), Feng Jie, Chen Junbo, Liang Yong, Xu Wei
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-c1 : Largest freefall formation : 400 parachutists
Date of jump: 08/02/2006
Parachutist(s): . World Team 2006 (International), AARNS Christoph (GER), ABRAHAMS Geoffrey (AUS), ABUD Ziara (BRA), ABWERZGER Egon (AUT), ADAMS Sean (USA), AKOPOV Vladimir (RUS), ALIBRANDI Alberto (USA), ALLEN Kathleen (USA), ALLEN Roger (USA), ALLEN Caroline (GBR), ALLMAN Gary (USA), ALSIÖ Fredrik Tobias (SWE), ALVAREZ José (MEX), AMPßLER Alwin (GER), ANDERSON Edward (USA), ANDERSSON Per Hakan (SWE), ANDRE Ronald (USA), ARRIGO Marco (ITA), ARTHEN Peter (USA), AYER Guy-Philippe (SUI), BANAL Guy Roger René (USA), BARABASH Andrey (RUS), BARNES JR Robert F (USA), BARON Theresa (USA), BAUER Mary (USA), BELOGLAZOV Alexander (RUS), BERGAN Pål (NOR), BERGAN Tone Dorthea (NOR), BERNIER Mathieu (FRA), BERNIER Guillaume (FRA), BEST Robyn E (USA), BINDER William Scott (USA), BISSON Richard (CAN), BLAU Christian (GER), BOIGNON Didier (FRA), BONITZ Robert (USA), BORNSCHLEGEL Manfred (GER), BOUCHARD Emmanuel (FRA), BRAKE Jack P (USA), BRENNAN Liam (CAN), BROUWERS Jose JEM (NED), BROWNING James E (USA), BUER Øyvind (NOR), BUER Tore (NOR), BURGESS Sally (USA), BURSTRÖM Stefan (SWE), BURTON David (USA), BYRNE Robert J (USA), CALLEDARE Richard (USA), CARLSSON Peter (SWE), CAUSER Tamsin (GBR), CHAMOUARD Jean-Marie (FRA), CHIAROT Evelyne (BEL), CLAEYS Tom (BEL), CLAPP Larry (USA), COLLENTEUR Arnold (NED), COLPUS Robert (GBR), COLUMBI François (SUI), COON Catherine (USA), COOPER Kathryn (USA), CORELLA ALONSO Santiago (ESP), COUDRAY Raphaël (FRA), COX Ronald (USA), DALES Christopher (RSA), D'ALOIA Sandro (FRA), DARCH Simon (GBR), DAUGHERTY Carl Henry (USA), DAVENPORT Darel (USA), DE ASSIS Breno (USA), DE BURBURE DE WESEMBEEK Yves (BEL), DE HEIJ Marinus (USA), DE JONCK Ronald (BEL), DE LEENHEER Eric (BEL), DECLERCQ Ludo (BEL), DEGEN Julien (FRA), DESFOURNEAUX Jean-Marc (FRA), DI SCIASCIO Simon (AUS), DOMEIER Robert (USA), DOMENICO Anthony (USA), DONOVAN Jack (USA), DOSE Paolo (ITA), DREVET Hubert (FRA), DROMNES Steinar (NOR), DUKE Barbara (USA), DUMAIS David (USA), EAKINS Michael G (USA), EDWARDS Albert (USA), EIDER Erika (GER), EISENBERG Lara Beth (USA), ELLIS Andrew Gene (USA), ELMORE Lawrence (USA), ERIKSEN Helle C N (DEN), ESCOBEDO Laura (MEX), EVENSEN Esben (NOR), FABELLO Martina (ITA), FAINER Jeffrey Duffy (USA), FAIRWEATHER Rod (GBR), FELIN Gérard (FRA), FERRELL Raymond (USA), FLACK Ian (AUS), FOMIN Dmitry (RUS), FRONK Craig (USA), FURCHNER Nicholas (USA), GAJDA Kenneth (DEN), GALE Lesley (GBR), GALLEGOS Fernando (USA), GALLI Peter (USA), GILBERT Gulcin (USA), GIRARD Craig (USA), GIRARD Dale (USA), GODISSART Patrick (BEL), GOETTINGER Burkhard (GER), GÖLSS Herbert (AUT), GÖRG Guillermo (ARG), GRAHAM James E (USA), GRANVIKEN Simen (NOR), GRISONI Paul (FRA), HA Thi Bich Van (FRA), HAASS Amy (USA), HAASS Gary (USA), HALLAL Dean (USA), HANSSON Johan (SWE), HEINEMANN Alex (GER), HENDERSON Larry (USA), HENRY Jay R (USA), HEROLD Pernille (DEN), HERRMANN Ralph (GER), HILSCHER Walter (GER), HIVELY Allen (USA), HJELLE Ole Petter (NOR), HODGKINSON Gordon (GBR), HODGKINSON Ian (GBR), HOLDER Gareth (USA), HOLLER Robert (USA), HOORNWEG Marcus (NED), HUBER Alexander (AUT), HUGHES Caroline (GBR), HUNNICUTT Frederick Lee (USA), HURD Charles (GBR), HUTTER Cordula (AUT), HUYSE David (BEL), ILYUKHINA Natalia (RUS), INGULFSON John (SWE), IVARSSON Lars (SWE), JACOBS Marc (BEL), JANKOSKI Andrea (GER), JENKINS Thomas (USA), JENSEN Carsten Povl (DEN), JOHNS Robert (USA), JOHNSON Rod R (USA), JOHNSTON Michael (USA), JONES Jennifer (USA), KALININA Anna (RUS), KAULANEN Mikael (SWE), KAZINETS Leonid (RUS), KEENAN Kevin (USA), KEERY James (GBR), KENNY Dane (GBR), KEUTER Jacobus Andries (NED), KHARITONOV Andrey (RUS), KHOROSHILOV Alexander (RUS), KIREEV Yury (RUS), KIRSCH Ralf-Dieter (GER), KLIMAS Richard (USA), KNABE Anne (SUI), KNIGHT Peter (GBR), KOTZOLT Georg (GER), KOVALEV Dmitry (RUS), KRAVTSOV Victor (RUS), KRUSE Mark (USA), KUBO Yasuhiro (JPN), KUHLMANN Virginia (USA), KVOCHUR Alexander (RUS), LAIDLAW Robert (CAN), LANDSMAN Herman (NED), LANE Kent (USA), LANGE Michael (GER), LASER Marcus (GER), LAUKKANEN Ari (FIN), LEBOEUF Gilles (CAN), LECHNER Josef Andreas (AUT), LECLERCQ David (USA), LEMAY Michel (CAN), LESLIE Freddy (USA), LESLIE Kathy (USA), LEWETZ Thomas (AUT), LIEN OLOFSSON Karin Ann-Sofie (SWE), LILJENBÄCK Ulf (SWE), LIMBORG Ronald (BEL), LINTELO Jean-Pol (BEL), LITARSKIY Kirill (RUS), LOENNROTH Nadja FINLAND FINLAND, LOFGREN Jorma (FIN), LONCASTY David (AUS), LONG Ernest (USA), LOPEZ CRESPO Jose Antonio (ESP), LUIJSTERBURG Joseph (NED), LUPTON Nicholas (GBR), MACE Timothy (RSA), MACHINENA Carlos (MEX), MACHOLL Joerg (GER), MAEDER Thierry (SUI), MAISIN Luc (BEL), MARCELLIN Paul (RSA), MARKOVA Anna (RUS), MARTINI Giorgio (ITA), MARTYNOVSKY Oleg (UKR), MASSEY Benjamin (USA), MASUDA Mitsuhiro (JPN), MATTHEWS Elizabeth (GBR), MATTHEWS Ian (GBR), MATTONI Stephane (FRA), MAURO Mario (USA), MAZAEVA Elena (RUS), MCCORMICK James (USA), MCLELLAND Douglas (GBR), MCROBBIE Alexander (GBR), MCWILLIAM Jon (AUS), MICHIELS Koenraad l.c. (BEL), MILEY Truett (USA), MINAEV Alexey (RUS), MISHCHENKO Lidia (RUS), MONSEES Timothy Lewis (USA), MONSEES Ellen Bakke (USA), MONTANO OSNAYA Antonio (MEX), MONTRIOU Andrew (GBR), MOORE Larry (USA), MORAN Darryl (GBR), MORRISON Timothy (USA), MORRISON III William J (USA), MÖRTBERG Sven (SWE), MOZGOVOY Feodor (RUS), MÜHLING Jürgen (GER), MURPHY Terence (AUS), NANSEN Lise (NOR), NANSEN Odd Nicolai (NOR), NAVANUGRAHA Piya (USA), NEMIROVSKY Gary (AUS), NICHOL Grant (AUS), NICHOL Julie (AUS), NIELSEN Søren (DEN), NODDEGAARD Flemming (DEN), NODDEGAARD Meggie (DEN), NOWATNEY JR Michael (USA), NUTTALL Mickey (USA), OAKLY Anthony (NZL), O'BRIEN Daniel Thomas (USA), OLIVER Lucas (AUS), OLOFSSON Mats Veiko (SWE), OLSSON Johnny (SWE), OOLMAN Michael (USA), OSBORNE Molly (USA), OSTANIN Vladimir (RUS), PACHECO Randy (USA), PANASYUK Anna (RUS), PAQUETTE Daniel (CAN), PARK Douglas Worrall (USA), PASSE Bruno (FRA), PASSE Patrick (FRA), PAWLOWSKI Edward (USA), PECK Carey (USA), PEDERSEN Morten (USA), PELLISSIER Etienne Jean René (SUI), PERL Jonathan (USA), PESCHIO John (USA), PESCHIO Melanie (USA), PFEIFER Hans-Dieter (GER), POLINOVSKAYA Polina (RUS), PONCE DE LEON Roger (USA), PONKRATYEV Sergey (RUS), PONZI Robert (USA), POTSILUYENKO Andriy (UKR), POXON Craig (GBR), PRÉVOST Mario (CAN), PUTRO Yudho Baskoro (INA), RAMSTAD Raider (USA), REESE Carsten (GER), RENO Susan Hollister (USA), RENZ Klaus (GER), REYLING Andrew (USA), RHODES Elias (USA), RIABU Ilya (RUS), RIGGS Pamela (USA), ROBIN Michel André Jean (FRA), ROBINSON Michael (USA), RODRIGUEZ Eliana (USA), RÖHNER Helmut (GER), ROKNE Even (NOR), ROMANYUK Sergey (RUS), ROTONDO Silvio Scipione (ITA), ROUCHE Marie-Anne (FRA), ROUYER Franck (FRA), ROZOV Valery (RUS), RUMBLE Fortson (USA), RUSSELL Jason (USA), RYOMA Hannu (FIN), SAETREN Thomas Grieg (NOR), SAGET Patrick (FRA), SAMMIS Robert (USA), SAMOTSVETOV Kirill (RUS), SANDERS Gary (USA), SANGOLT Gunn-Kari (NOR), SANSOOK Saisak (THA), SANTANGELO Mary (USA), SARGENT Kevin (GBR), SAVORELLI Enea (ITA), SCANLON Thomas (GBR), SCHAECHTER HUBER Eric (MEX), SCHAEFER Berthold (GER), SCHAEFFER Amanda (USA), SCHLACHT Ralf (GER), SCHRODER Thomas (USA), SCHUCHMANN Reiner (GER), SCHUT Gerhard (NED), SCHWARZ Dieter (GER), SCHWEINOCH Martin (GER), SCOTT Andrew (GBR), SEIBOLD Christoph (GER), SELF Todd (USA), SERAFINI Claudio (ITA), SETTEL Elizabeth (USA), SFORZA Francesco (ITA), SHALAMYKHIN Oleg (RUS), SHENIN Sergey (RUS), SHEYNIN Alexander (RUS), SHIMURA Eiko (JPN), SHIMURA Naoshige (JPN), SHOWS Devon (USA), SIEDLER Susanne (GER), SILKOSUO Pasi (FIN), SIMON Maryvonne (FRA), SKLYAREVSKIY Evgeny (RUS), SLOCUM James (USA), SMINES Monica (NOR), SMITH Philip (USA), SOLOVIEV Sergey (RUS), SPOLETINI Alfredo (ITA), SPRINGUB Bernd (GER), SRI-SAWAT Poj (THA), STEIMLE Martin (GER), STEVENS Ian (GBR), STOKES Neil (GBR), STUMM Robert (USA), SUKHARNIKOV Nikolay (RUS), SVENSSON Mats (SWE), TENNISON Mark (USA), THOMAS Derek (GBR), THORSEN Aage (NOR), TOMMASO Louis (USA), TRAVIS Richard (USA), TURA Rossella (ITA), UNTERHOFER Klaus (ITA), USPENSKIY Dmitry (RUS), VALSDOTTIR Thorhildur (ISL/NOR), VAN AGTEREN Auke (NED), VAN DEN BRAAK Erwin (NED), VAN DER SNEL Leendert Anne (NED), VAN EERDEN Jacco (NED), VAN HOOYDONK Erwin (NED), VAN LAER Luc (BEL), VAUGHAN Michael (AUS), VÉJUX Alain (FRA), VERNER Kirk (USA), VERTIPRAKHOVA Elena (RUS), VESELOVA Alfiya (RUS), VEST William (USA), VINEYARD Shaun Kevin (USA), VLASOVA Olga (RUS), VON NOVAK William (USA), VON NOVAK Amy (USA), VONLANTHEN Ronald (SUI), VORONINA Ekaterina (RUS), VORONTSOV Dmitry (RUS), VYLEGZHANIN Nikolay (RUS), WAGNER-GANTZER Elisabeth (GER), WATSON Steven (GBR), WEBER Joseph (USA), WEIBLE Timothy (USA), WEISS Steven (USA), WERTHEIMER Steven (USA), WEST Debra (USA), WHEATLEY Richard (GBR), WHITE Shawn (USA), WILLARD Garry (GBR), WILLIAMS Silvanus (USA), WNUK Brian Joseph (CAN), WOLF Markus (GER), WOODROW Julie (GBR), WOODS Patricia (USA), WOODS Michael (USA), WORDEN Dennis (USA), WORDEN Anne (USA), WORTH Bruce (USA), WRIGHT Blaine (USA), WRIGHT Robert (CAN), YUDIN Alexey (RUS), YURASH Igor (RUS), ZELENOV Andrey (RUS), ZEMLYANSKIY Sergey (RUS), ZHIROV Anatoly (RUS).
Place: Udonthani (Thailand)
G-2-d1 : Largest Canopy Formation : 85 parachutists
Date of jump: 26/11/2005
Parachutist(s): International team, ASSIS Paulo (BRA), BACKUS Charles (USA), BALISKY Christophe (FRA), BARNETT Bruce (USA), BASINGER David (USA), BAUER Kirk (USA), BOLT Remko (NED), BOLTON Jim (USA), BRAND Thomas (GER), BRENNAN Eugene (GBR), BUNCH Chas (USA), CAUSER Tamsin (GBR), CLEMENT Bill (USA), CLENNON Martin (USA), CORNELIUS Jeff (USA), COWAN Jim (USA), DE KOKER Anne (USA), DO AMARAL RODRIGUES Eber (BRA), DOBSON Cliff (USA), DONY Alain (BEL), FAULKNER Wendy (USA), FELT Bob (USA), FENSTERMAKER Craig (USA), FRANKVOORT Gerben (NED), GATTI Petra (GER), GAY Chris (USA), GNOTH Holger (GER), GODWIN Liz (USA), GOODIN Michael (USA), GREGORY Mark (USA), GUILLEN Eduardo (ARG), GUTSHALL Allen (USA), HANNAH Lyn (USA), HIGGINS Brett (AUS), HILLEBRANDT Dave (USA), HOFFMAN Jackson (USA), HOLMVIK Dave (USA), HUART Olivier (FRA), INGLEY Kevin (USA), KEATING Dean (USA), KEENAN Kevin (USA), KHAVARI Shireen (USA), LAMBRIGHT Joseph (USA), LEWIS Mike (USA), LIEVSAY Bob (USA), MATRONE Frank (USA), McCAULEY Jerome (USA), McCLELLAND Roger (USA), McLEOD Gavin (GBR), MICHAELS Cheryl (USA), MISSION Gordon (GBR), PANGBURN Brian (USA), PETERS Gary (USA), PFALZGRAF Peter (GER), PINNEY Russ (USA), PLISCOTT Ernie (USA), PRESTON Andrew (AUS), QUANDT Paul (USA), RASMUSSEN Jim (USA), RAUP Tim (USA), REGER Robert (USA), RICHARDSON David (USA), ROBIETTE Martin (GBR), ROHDE-SEELBINDER Thomas (GER), SASSETTI Steve (USA), SHUMWAY Scott (USA), SHUMWAY Sharon (USA), SIKORSKY Jon (USA), SLOT Eward (NED), SLOT Herman (NED), SORIN Patrick (FRA), SPELLER Paul (GBR), STAPLETON Craig (USA), STOLZENBERG Ralf (GER), THIVIERGE Keith (USA), TOMASELLI Michael (USA), VAN OOSTERWYCK Danny (BEL), VANZANDT Kirk (USA), VEST Rusty (USA), VETTER Kevin (USA), VINEYARD Shaun (USA), WALTON Jim (USA), WARNOCK Chris (USA), WESSER Gerhard (GER), YUGOR Yury (RUS).
Place: Lake Wales, FL (USA)
G-2-e1 : Freeflying, largest head-down formation : 53 parachutists
Date of jump: 29/04/2005
Parachutist(s): International team, Alex ALLEN (USA), Manuel BASSO (ITA), Robbie BIGLEY (USA), Cathy BOUETTE (FRA), Dave BROWN (CAN), Charles BRYAN (USA), Brian BUCKLAND (USA), Amy CHMELECKI (USA), John CHISHOLM (USA), Jules CHRISTENSEN (USA), Clint CLAWSON (USA), Max COHN (USA), Patrick COLLINS (USA), Greg COMPTON (USA), Eric DEREN (USA), Jon DEVORE (USA), Chris FIALA (USA), Arnaud FLETCHER (FRA), David GERSHFELD (USA), Stan GRAY (USA), Bill HALSEY (USA), Jim HARRIS (USA), Chris HAYES (CAN), Teppo HEIKKINEN (FIN), Sean HENNESSY (USA), Kirby HUGHES (USA), Loïc JEAN-ALBERT (FRA), John KLUEG (USA), Anthony LANDGREN (USA), Andy MALCHIODI (USA), Scott MEEKER (USA), Matthew NELSON (USA), David PADYJASEK (USA), Daniel PARKER (GBR), Fritz PFNUR (USA), Jon PINYON (USA), Luis PRINETTO (ITA), Jeff PROVENZANO (USA), Fabian RAIDEL (AUS), Chris SALCONE (USA), Jason SANDERS (USA), Marshall SCALISI (USA), Mike SCHECTER (NZL), Dusty SMITH (USA), Kyle STARCK (USA), Mike SWANSON (USA), Joao TAMBOR (USA), Knox TAYLOR (USA), Eli THOMPSON (USA), GianCarlo TRIMARCHI (ITA), Thom VAN OS (USA), Laura VAGO (ARG), Alex ZOHMANN (JAP).
Place: Perris Valley, CA (USA)
Date of jump: 01/11/1962
Parachutist(s): Eugene ANDREEV (USSR)
Place: Volsk (Russia)
Date of jump: 07/07/2005
Parachutist(s): Liubov EKSHIKEEVA (Russia)
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-1-f1 : Canopy Piloting, Distance : 206.85 m
Date of jump: 15/09/2005
Parachutist(s): Jason MOLEDZKI (Canada)
Place: Longmont, CO (USA)
G-1-f2 : Canopy Piloting, Speed : 2.72 sec
Date of jump: 25/08/2006
Parachutist(s): Jason MOLEDZKI (Canada)
Place: Wien (Austria)
G-2-b : Landing accuracy with 0.03 metre disc (group of 5) : 8 consecutive landing on dead center
Date of jump: 09/07/2005
Parachutist(s): Chinese Male National Accuracy Landing Team (China (People's Republic of)), Feng Jie, Chen Junbo, Liang Yong, Xu Wei, Feng Jiayong
Place: FAI Anton Malevsky Memorial International Cup 2005, Stupino (Russia)
G-2-c2 : Formation Skydiving, longest sequence (4-Way) : 44 formations
Date of jump: 16/08/2006
Parachutist(s): Russian Team Extreme (Russia), AKOPOV Vladimir, TYCHINSKY Alexander, VYLEGZHANIN Nikolai, YALPAEV Sergey
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-c2 : Formation Skydiving, longest sequence (4-Way) : 44 formations
Date of jump: 16/08/2006
Parachutist(s): Black Cat Team (Russia), MINAEV Mikhail, KOROTKOV Vasily, KVOCHUR Alexander, STASCHENKO Evgeny
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-c3 : Formation Skydiving, longest sequence (8-Way) : 31 formations
Date of jump: 17/09/1997
Parachutist(s): US Team, Charlie BROWN, Eric HEINSHEIMER, John HOOVER, Trevor McCARTHY, Vernon MILLER, Carey MILLS, Paul RASPINO, Scott RHODES.
Place: Efes (Turkey)
G-2-c4 : Formation Skydiving, longest sequence (16-Way) : 19 formations
Date of jump: 25/10/2001
Parachutist(s): Airspeed Blue Team (USA), Kirk VERNER, David van GREUNINGEN, Christopher BOBO, Kyle COLLINS, Shannon PILCHER, Dan BRODSKY-CHENFELD, Gary BEYER, Jack JEFFRIES, Alan METNI, Chad SMITH, Christopher IRWIN, John EAGLE, Neal HOUSTON, Mark KIRKBY, Steve NOWAK, Craig GIRARD, Marc STEINBAUGH.
Place: 2001 US National Skydiving Championships, Skydive Arizona (USA)
G-2-d2 : Canopy formation, 4-way rotation : 21stacks/planes
Date of jump: 14/08/2006
Parachutist(s): Russian CF 4 Team (Russia), DODONOV Denis, VOLYNSKY Alexey, FILIPPOV Sergey, ROGOZIN Alexey
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-d3 : Canopy formation, 2-way longest sequence (working time 60 sec) : 14 formations
Date of jump: 14/08/2006
Parachutist(s): Russian CF 2-way Team (Russia), KULAKOV Sergey, PUGACHEV Igor
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-d3 : Canopy formation, 4-way longest sequence (working time 120 sec) : 12 formations
Date of jump: 17/08/2006
Parachutist(s): US Team, Chris Gay, Mark Gregory, Michael Paolin, Paul Quandt, Keith Thivierge, Brian Pangburn
Place: Stupino (Russia)
G-2-d4 : Canopy formation, 8-way speed formation : 23.37 sec
Date of jump: 19/09/2004
Place: Resolute, NWT (Canada) - Spitzbergen (Norway)
G-2-d4 : Canopy formation, 8-way speed formation : 24.65 seconds
Date of jump: 06/07/2000
Parachutist(s): Russian National Team (Russia), Yuri ARIFULIN, Sergei KULAKOV, Gennadi GORIAEV, Oleg PAVLJUK, Dmitry KHJUPPENEN, Vladimir ANDREEV, Sergei URVANTSEV, Andrei KUZNETSOV
Place: 8th World Parachuting Championship in Canopy formation, Immola (Finland)
G-2-e2 : Freeflying, longest sequence : 13 points
Date of jump: 22/10/2003
Parachutist(s): US Team, Trenton E. ALKEK, Jed A. LLOYD, Stephen R. BOYD (USA)
Place: 2003 US National Skydiving Championship, Lake Wales, FL (USA)
Date of jump: 08/06/1992
Parachutist(s): Franck BERNACHOT (France)
Place: Grenade (Spain)
G-1-f1 : Canopy Piloting, Distance : 146.24 m
Date of jump: 08/02/2005
Parachutist: Jonathan A. TAGLE (USA)
Place: Lake Wales, FL (USA)
Skydivers in a canopy formation are under open canopies, not in freefall as with other kinds of skydiving such as formation or skysurfing. Once out the door, they open their parachutes and then proceed to build different formations by linking together, there can be anywhere from two to a few dozen jumpers in one formation. They connect by putting their feet on another parachute, on the parachute lines, or on another jumper's body. Competition categories include 2-Way Team Sequential, 4-Way Team Rotation, 4-Way Team Sequential, and 8-Way Team Speed.
CFWorldRecord.com : 2005 - 81 way and 85 formations have been successfully completed, and row 10 wings have been hung for the first time.
Formation skydiving
Freefall style and Accuracy Landing
Freefall Style consists of competitors performing a prescribed sequence of maneuvers in freefall as correctly and as quickly as possible. In Individual Accuracy Landing and Team Accuracy, competitors aim to land on, or as closely as possible to, the center of a target.
Artistic events
Freeflying is what it sounds like, free. Freeflyers favor vertical freefall, either head-down, stand-up, or a sit position, as well as all the movements inbetween. Formation Freeflying involves two or more and includes lateral movement and up and down movement to work with other freeflyers.
In Freestyle and Skysurfing, teams perform a sequence of moves for compulsory and creative points during freefall. Freestyle tends to utilize fluid, almost ballet-like movements. Skysurfing utilizes the board to perform moves such as spins and flips.
Canopy Piloting
Skydivers fly their parachutes through a prescribed course over water and land and are judged on their speed, distance and accuracy.
Vertical Relative Work
On a freefall jump, teams perform a designated sequence or series of formations in a head down or upright, vertical axis.
Para-ski
Para-ski originated in Switzerland in the early 1960’s, when Swiss skiers conceived of para-ski as a form of mountain rescue. The concept was to jump from an aircraft, parachute to an open area near the victim, strap on skis, and evacuate the casualty down the mountain.
A skydiver's equipment is made up of three main parachute system components and generally a reserve automatic activation device. One main and one reserve parachute are packed into a specialized backpack with a chest strap and leg straps cinched to keep the jumper securely fastened. Skydiving equipment has advanced considerably over the last several years. Round parachutes are seldom seen these days and have been replaced by modern, rectangular "ram-air" canopies that have better directional control and offer softer landings. Reserve parachutes are typically worn on the back above the main parachute, as opposed to the older front-mount assembly, and parachute fabrics today are more durable. Parachute canopies are usually made of zero-porosity nylon fabric that lasts for for thousands of jumps.
No parachute is 100% reliable. However, most malfunctions result from human error, not mechanical failure. Main parachute malfunctions can usually be traced to improper packing, poor technique at the time of deployment, or inadequate pre-jump inspection. These errors make it necessary to carry a reserve as well as a main parachute. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires that the reserve parachute be inspected and repacked every 120 days (whether it's used or not) by an FAA-certified parachute rigger. In the event of a malfunction, the jumper jettisons the main parachute by pulling the cutaway handle. A second handle activates the reserve parachute.
Other Equipment:
Automatic Activation Device (AAD)
An AAD is a self-contained device that calculates rate of descent and altitude and deploys either the main or reserve canopy at a preset altitude. AADs are back-up devices required for student skydivers and worn by most experienced jumpers.
Reserve Static Line (RSL)
RSLs are attached to the main parachute's risers to activate the reserve parachute if the main parachute is jettisoned during an emergency.
Jumpsuit
Though jumpsuits are not required, they have different functions depending on the skydiving discipline. Specialized fabrics and different tailoring help control descent speeds and give the skydiver more freefall control. Tight jumpsuits made of slippery materials allow for a faster fall rate for smaller people, while large, canvas-like jumpsuits provide a slower fall rate for bigger people.
Altimeters
Visual altimeters show altitude and are typically worn either on the wrist or front of the torso. Audible altimeters with pre-set alarms are worn near the ears to aid in altitude awareness.
Helmets
Helmets are required for student jumpers and worn by most experienced jumpers. For experienced jumpers, they range from leather aviator-style hats to full-coverage motorcycle-like hard helmets, made especially for skydiving.
Jumpers wear goggles or sunglasses to protect their eyes from freefall speeds ranging around 150 mph.
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