posted Apr 6th, 2025 - There are still NSL News topics which are not directly related to the upcoming FAI Indoor World Championship 2025. The full attention of NSL News live event coverage will shift back to Paraclete XP at the beginning of the coming week where Round 1 is scheduled for Thursday morning.

The NSL News reported on January 4th that the German national team in 4-way Open continues with a new lineup. Claire Rebhahn and Tim Mack have replaced Sarah Mertes and Alexander Prendinger, who were in the Airbus lineup that battled with Echochamber for the unofficial amateur world championship title at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships in October last year.

It has been quiet in the Airbus headquarters between October 2024 and January 2025, as team captain Thomas Mack was recruiting a new Airbus lineup for the next two years. He and former tail Felix Pfeiffer knew of one new Airbus member when they competed at Crystal Coast. Tim Mack was filming the team on a short call at the outdoor world championship in the video slot. New Airbus member Claire Rebhahn competed at the same event in 4-way Women with Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen. However, the four competitors of the new Airbus lineup in the three different positions at Crystal Coast did not know by then that they would eventually form the new lineup, which was then announced in January 2025.

FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		14,G,13		J,C,17,12		D,A,21,P		18,B,H,F		E,L,O,8		22,2,K		6,7,16		9,20,15		3,M,N,4		5,1,10		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	24		27	-1	33		36		31		23		26		26		25		22	-1	273	27.3
2	Aethers Medjay	FR	22		23	-4	33		32	-1	29		23		22		21		25		22		252	25.2
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	21		20	-3	26	-2	32		29	-1	20		21		20		19	-2	20		228	22.8
4	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	19		21	-2	25		25		25	-1	20		19		17		21	-1	20		212	21.2
5	Echochamber	SE	17		21	-1	24	-2	26		22	-1	16	-2	20		14	-2	19	-1	17		196	19.6
6	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	17		19		21	-1	26		23		16		19		15	-1	18	-2	16	-1	190	19.0
7	Agera	NO	14	-1	17	-2	18	-2	26		24		17		17		15		19		17		184	18.4
8	Apex	UK	15		18		21	-2	25		21	-2	13	-2	18		14	-1	15	-2	15		175	17.5
8	Out Of The Blue	NL	13	-1	17		22	-1	22	-1	22	-1	12	-1	19		14		18	-1	16	-1	175	17.5
10	Papea	ES	14	-1	15	-2	23		20	-1	23		14	-2	17		16		13	-1	15		170	17.0
11	Havoc	AU	13		13	-2	19	-1	16	-1	18		13		14	-1	12	-2	16		14		148	14.8
12	Netunos	BR	11		15	-1	17	-1	18	-1	19		13		15		10	-1	14	-1	12	-2	144	14.4
Rank	4-way Women		14,G,13		J,C,17,12		D,A,21,P		18,B,H,F		E,L,O,8		22,2,K		6,7,16		9,20,15		3,M,N,4		5,1,10		Total	Avg
1	XPG4	US	19	-1	22	-1	28		30	-1	28		20		20		18	-1	24		18		227	22.7
2	China	CN	18	-1	17	-4	29		27		28	-1	18		21		16	-1	21		17	-1	212	21.2
3	Nephtys	FR	17		20		27		26	-1	25		18		17	-1	15	-1	17	-2	16		198	19.8
4	Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen	DE	16		17		21		23		20		16		15	-1	15		19		17		179	17.9
5	Thyra	NO	12		14		18		14	-2	11	-5	13		12	-1	12		14		12		132	13.2

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Airbus Illertissen - Meltemi at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024

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Thomas Mack and his three new team mates still needed a new Airbus member in the camera slot, as Tim Mack gave it up to become the new point. The announcement in January did not include the new Airbus 4-way videographer, as Thomas Mack was still working on creating the logistics and environment for his older son Moritz to join the team, as well.

Today's NSL News visit at Skydive DeLand eventually revealed the new Airbus videographer, as Moritz Mack was filming the team for their first training jump with the new and complete lineup. Some Airbus members tested new equipment and Florida air on Saturday, while the first Airbus 4-way exit from the Cessna Caravan happened on Sunday morning.

The new Airbus 4-way lineup is aiming at the next outdoor world championship in 2026, and also at this year's national outdoor championship, which is the official qualifier for German 4-way teams. Airbus have been using indoor training in the winter to prepare for the start of the outdoor season, while they did not even compete at the German indoor championship last month. The previous Airbus lineup easily won last year's national indoor championship and would have been qualified for the upcoming indoor world meet. However, the changes in the lineup did not qualify the team any longer, according to the German rules and regulations, and the country will not be represented at Paraclete XP.

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NSL TV Unfiltered: Airbus 4-way in training at Skydive DeLand

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Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource had competed for Germany at the previous indoor world championship inSlovakia 2025 and placed 5th, ahead of Sweden’s Echochamber. The team did not continue, and Airbus won the next qualification in 2024 on the same scoring level (25.4) as the Airforce (25.3) in 2022.

However, the new Airbus lineup did not have enough training since the personnel changes to continue for Germany as a contender for the unofficial amateur world championship title at Paraclete XP. and they are not eligible, according to German qualification rules and regulations.

The logistics would have been perfect and the same as for Aethers Medjay (FR), Arizona Airspeed (US), Qatar Lions (QA) and Netunos (BR), who travel from North Carolina to Florida and transition straight into the outdoor season at the Shamrock Showdown 2025.Airbus will spend the two weeks with coach Solly Williams and outdoor training at Skydive DeLand. Then the new lineup will show the results of the team's first training jumps at the same event, which will be the starting point into the outdoor season of 2025 for all other participating teams, as well.

Shamrock Showdown 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Power Rankings		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Golden Knights	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	SDC Rhythm XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Qatar Lions	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Airbus 4-way Illertissen	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Kirk and the Double D's	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	4Action	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-