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News Article Did you know that Arizona Airspeed's front piece could face eight slot-switchers?
posted: May 29th, 2024 The NSL News related to Arizona Airspeed recently even more comprehensively than usual, as the 30-year anniversary was celebrated at the traditional Arizona Challenge last weekend. The actual events that initiated Arizona Airspeed and the historic institution in Formation Skydiving competition happened in December 1993, as the NSL News reported on 19 December 2023. The update on May 26th covered the Airspeed history with more details, including the four years when two different Airspeed lineups, the original team, followed by the succeeding Airspeed Vertical lineup, tried to win 4-way and 8-way... (more)
News Article Did you know that three Airspeed members lead in the world's historic medal count since 1985?
posted: May 27th, 2024 The recent 30-year anniversary of Arizona Airspeed was a good reason to take another closer look at the lineups since 1994. The anniversary story pointed out the 15 Airspeed members (Jack Jefferies, Kirk Verner, Dan Brodsky-Chenfield, Mark Kirkby, John Eagle, Craig Girard, Neal Houston, Eliana Rodriguez, Andy Delk, Josh Hall, Thomas Hughes, Niklas Hemlin, Joey Marshall, Christopher Kuhlmann, Mikhail Markine) who collected the six sets of FAI World Championship gold medals, with five different team videographers (John Lemming, Marc Steinbaugh, Steve Nowak, Bill Schmitz, Brendan Haddon). The... (more)
News Article Did you know that the Arizona Airspeed Challenge 2024 is the 30-year anniversary celebration?
posted: May 26th, 2024 Arizona Airspeed celebrate their 30-year anniversary this weekend at Skydive Arizona in Eloy with the Arizona Airspeed Challenge 2024. The celebration takes place almost exactly on the day when the longest standing 4-way project in the history of Formation Skydiving competition was launched. The consistently battling 4-way teams from the U.S. east and west coast, DeLand Vertical Speed and Perris Air Moves at that time, had lost the actual showdown with the French national 4-way teams at the biennial world championships four consecutive times (1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993), DeLand Vertical Speed... (more)
News Article Did you know that Paul Hofstee has come back to his Dutch 4-way roots?
posted: May 25th, 2024 The NSL News reported on February 13th that Dutch national 4-way indoor and outdoor team Out Of The Blue (OOTB) started with a new lineup into the 2024 season. Mandy Feijen and Bart Daenen did not continue, Roald de Leest and Paul Hofstee replaced them and started training with the returning OOTB members Mechie Voermans and Ralf Pijnenburg. The new lineup went straight to indoor competition at the BENELUX Indoor Championship 2024 and picked up the pace where the previous lineup had left it by the end of the 2023/2024 indoor season at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023 in Slovakia. Two weeks... (more)
News Article Did you know that Czech junior Helicopters and Panthers have regular live and remote duels?
posted: May 24th, 2024 The Flyspot Liga in Poland completed its April competition with eight teams, six teams from Poland and two guest teams from Lithuania (Magic 4) and Czech Republic (Panthers). Magic 4 won the AAA Class duel with MAD Team first time this year, with the team's highest average in a 10-round competition without a Super Sequence. Poland's national indoor and outdoor team of the past years, Flyspot Sky4Four, competed once again in the AA Class. The NSL News had reported on April 15th that returning team members Joanna Hulboj and Zbigniew Kordzikowski had decided to guide their new lineup into top-level... (more)
News Article Did you know that Garudas posted first AAA Class 20-plus average with new lineup?
posted: May 22nd, 2024 The NSL News reported on 28 December 2022 that the Belgian team Garudas was still undefeated at the end of their second year. They had won their first five meets, beginning at the RRR Class competition of the Belgian Outdoor Nationals 2021. Garudas skipped the A Class in 2022 and competed in the next higher category, the AA Class. There they added the next four top positions, including the 1st place at the ISR Grand Prix 2022, which was the event where Garudas caught the attention of the NSL News. Competitors of Belgian 4-way teams have been selected by the country's top teams quite regularly... (more)