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  2. Formation skydiving - Wikipedia

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    4-way FS (Formation Skydiving) Breaking off from a formation before parachute deployment. DC-3 loading; plus 'dirt diving'; 1977. Formation skydiving is a skydiving event where multiple skydivers attach themselves to one another by grabbing each other's limbs or by the use of "grippers" on their jumpsuit while free falling through the sky.

  3. Big-ways - Wikipedia

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    A big way is a type of formation skydiving involving a large group of skydivers coming together while in freefall to form a specific and predetermined formation. All the skydivers involved aim to connect with each other and hold the complete formation for a designated period (a number of seconds). A sequential skydive would involve multiple ...

  4. Parachuting at the 2001 World Games – Open formation skydiving

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    The open formation skydiving event at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played from 17 to 19 August 2001. 30 parachuters, from 6 nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Ogata Athletic Field in Ōgata .

  5. World Parachuting Championships - Wikipedia

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    Parachuting : 9-26 October 2022 in Eloy, Arizona, USA, and is organised by Skydive Arizona. [1] 20th FAI World Canopy Formation Championships; 9th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships; 3rd FAI World Canopy Piloting Freestyle Championships; 4th FAI World Wingsuit Flying Championships; 25th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships

  6. Canopy formation - Wikipedia

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    A canopy formation is a formation built by parachutists by flying their parachutes in proximity to each other and then taking grips ("docking") on other jumpers' parachutes. The practice of building such formations is officially known as canopy formations (CF). Former terms are canopy formation skydiving (CFS) or canopy relative work (CRW or CReW).

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 April 5

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    1.1 Wingsuit formation skydiving aerodynamics. 1 comment. 1.2 Enquiry. 6 comments. 1.2.1 Palm production. 1.3 Help identifying a bike. 15 comments.

  8. Freeflying - Wikipedia

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    Vertical formation skydiving (VFS) is a subcategory of formation skydiving using high-speed body positions normally associated with free flying. Competitors build pre-selected formations in free-fall with multiple people gripping each other's limbs or specially built "grippers" on their jumpsuits.

  9. Tracking (skydiving) - Wikipedia

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    Tracking is regarded as an essential life saving skill for all freefall skydivers engaging in relative work with others, allowing the jumpers to gain horizontal separation after building a formation and before opening their parachutes. Accordingly, the greater the number of skydivers on a jump, the better their tracking skills must be.