posted May 3rd, 2020 - April 30th was a very interesting day for the NSL News. Echochamber members Mattias Nord and Ulf Liljenbäck first provided an update from Sweden. Later the same day the NSL News connected with the complete lineup of the HF Flying Circus in the Czech Republic.

Jan Klapka, Formation Skydiving competition's godfather in the Czech Republic, joined the conversation once in a while too. He and his son Jakub, who is in the tail slot for HF Flying Circus, are spending their time in Most, where Jan Klapka is running his Formation Skydiving school.

They are using the time of the corona virus crisis to build a new classroom at their facilities. Dropzones in the Czech Republic are closed, and Jan Klapka is hoping to restart the skydiving operation again on May 16th. The NSL News visited Jan Klapka's skydiving school in Most last year after the FAI Indoor World Meet at Weembi Lille and published an update from Prague and Most on 27 April 2019.

His skydiving school in Most is the place where the HF Cubs, still the reigning indoor world champions in 4-way Junior, will be getting ready for their next step into the skydiving world. Jan Klapka said that he already has the gear for the team. Sabina Cioleková and Viktorie Nováková have made their first jumps from air planes. Their team mates Karolina Henkova and Adela Vesela will follow later this year.

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Recorded on 30 April 2020

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Jan Klapka said that the Czech 4-way juniors are even more on a hold than other indoor fliers and skydivers. Their parents were concerned early when the corona virus crisis began.

Several 4-way juniors, including the HF Cubs, skipped the last events before the break before the restrictions were officially announced and enforced by the Czech government.

However, Hanka Uriková, HF Chicks member and manager of the Hurricane Factory, has a plan how to start the reopening. It will be a combination of rotations between 4-way teams and freefliers that will begin the comeback of the windtunnel in Prague at the end of May. The Hurricane Factory will remain closed for the general public.

The updates from Sweden and Czech Republic on the same day also brought together two European countries with opposite approaches to the corona virus crisis. The Czech Republic reacted very quickly and harshly with tight restrictions, while Sweden was first carefully observing the situation for a while.

The Czech Republic has been on the bottom of the infection and death rates all the time, and Sweden's rates are currently decreasing, as well.

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World Tunnel League March 2020		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	C,15,N,17	6,F,18	9,K,11	H,J,21,3	7,D,16	14,P,5	8,10,G	L,4,B,12	E,22,M,20	2,19,13	Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Circus	24	25	24	24	25	22	19	21	22	20	226	22.6
2	HF Chicks	18	19	20	20	21	15	13	14	17	15	172	17.2
3	M Team	15	14	14	17	17	15	12	14	15	10	143	14.3
4	4 V Tunelu	14	16	16	15	17	14	10	13	14	10	139	13.9
5	Accord	14	14	15	14	13	13	9	10	12	10	124	12.4
Rank	AA Class	C,15,6	F,18,N	9,K,11	H,J,21	7,D,1	14,P,G	8,13	L,4,B	E,22,M	2,19	Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Rebels	12	21	21	28	23	21	19	20	13	12	190	19.0
2	HF Dragonflies	17	20	19	22	22	18	17	18	20	15	188	18.8
3	Hight Five	14	14	15	15	14	16	11	14	13	9	135	13.5
4	Mimozemky	10	12	13	15	14	13	11	13	14	9	124	12.4
Rank	A Class	D,L,7	F,6	9,K	H,J,21	A,C,N	P,2	8,O	4,B	E,M,Q	G,19	Total	Avg
1	HF Chameleons	17	21	16	17	22	14	14	13	32	11	177	17.7
2	Rusalky	17	18	19	15	21	12	13	11	27	11	164	16.4
3	HF Invisible	12	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	27	10	145	14.5

Last meet of the World Tunnel League at the Hurricane Factory in March

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Echochamber and HF Flying Circus both have team members who are directly involved with the implications of the corona virus crisis.

Ulf Liljenbäck works as a sign language interpreter and goes live on TV with the Swedish government authorities for daily press conferences about Covid-19. Lukas Kaderabek is a medical doctor and works in a hospital in Prague that serves patients who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus.

The HF Flying Circus members said that not much has actually changed in their daily lives, as they continue with their usual work. Only the indoor and outdoor training and competition activities are missing. It is also interesting that outdoor training will be possible before windtunnel operation will resume. Martina Vavackova, who is assisting Jan Klapka with the 4-way junior project, explained that the air circulation at indoor events is one of the major obstacles.

Jan Klapka is planning to extend the indoor winter season by a month once the Hurricane Factory reopens. His teams missed the April meet, which is usually the last one before his outdoor meet season begins. HF Flying Circus is an indoor and outdoor team, and the HF Cubs are getting ready to join the 4-way fun in both elements - as soon as things go back to normal operation in the Czech Republic...