posted Jun 8th, 2010 - It's time for a new update from Arizona where the Airspeed 4-way world champions are preparing for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia.

The next step of those preparations is the upcoming 4-way competition at Skydive Chicago this weekend, the last meet for Airspeed before the most important competition of the 2010 season.

Craig Girard reported from Arizona that his team recently copied a competition draw in training that was an important milestone in the Airspeed history. It was the Malevsky Cup 2007 where the current Airspeed lineup posted the highest outdoor meet average in the history of Formation Skydiving competition, a 26.0 average after ten rounds.

Jul2nd,2007		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAAClass	7-M-9	E-Q-D-J-K	5-10-21	N-O-19-20	B-17-18	P-3-G-4	22-2-A	C-6-8	14-F-16	11-3-H	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	35	41	21	25	25	24	21	23	23	22	260	26.0
2	Fastrax	31	43	20	21	24	22	21	23	21	21	247	24.7
3	Sky Panthers	31	40	20	22	24	24	20	17	22	18	238	23.8
4	Black Cat	36	34	19	23	24	21	18	21	19	21	236	23.6
5	Crossroads	30	37	17	21	21	21	21	19	20	19	226	22.6
6	SkyTec-BBC	26	33	15	20	18	18	16	16	18	16	196	19.6

The NSL News was live on site in Stupino, Russia, when Airspeed came up with this amazing feast. The NSL News found the meet videos in the NSL-TV archives, which can be reviewed once again.

Craig Girard said that his team wanted to see how they would perform with the same draw almost three years later. Airspeed was satisfied with the training results, as it turned out to be a 26.6 average after the same ten rounds.

The competition draw of 2007 included a sequence of only Random Formations (E-Q-D-J-K) where Airspeed scored 41 points in 2007. The world champions from Arizona have been working on the random sequences after the trouble in Round 2 at the World Challenge 2010, as the team confirmed earlier. The NSL News does not have the scores for each round available.

Arizona Airspeed's 26.0 average at the Malevsky Cup 2007

Airspeed has also been working on the logistics for this year's trip to Russia in the meantime. Eliana Rodriguez told the NSL News that the Airspeed 2010 T-shirts have been available for a little while and can be ordered by contacting her directly.

The T-shirt is available with short sleeves ($20) and long sleeves ($25) and in different styles for men and women. She added that Airspeed is also preparing a raffle, and the details can be requested directly from her, as well.

The US national teams don't get much financial support, and Airspeed uses those additional projects to raise funds for the trip to the world championships. This week, the Airspeed focus goes back only to the athletic part of Formation Skydiving competition and the meet in Ottawa. France and the United Kingom have their own meets on the same weekend, and the NSL News will provide scores and information.