Did you know that France has an 8-way trio of success? posted: Oct 15th, 2010 The beginning of the new age of Formation Skydiving competition can be defined with the introduction of the current dive pool and rules after the World Meet in 1983. Ever since, France has tried to win 8-way gold medals at World Championships of Formation Skydiving.
It took over 20 years until Excalibur was taken to France for the first time in 2006. Some earlier French 8-way lineups came really close. Didier Boignon, who is still competing in 4-way with Monaco Aerial, missed the 8-way gold medal two times by only one single point, in Brazil 1987 and France 1995.
8-way Formation Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that the aircraft discussion for the World Meet 2012 takes on momentum? posted: Oct 14th, 2010 The NSL News story on 11 October 2010 brought back the topic of the right-hand door of the Pilatus Porter possibly for the World Meet 2012.
Members of the German national 4-way team Paratec-Saar had opened the discussion with the creation of a Facebook group, which has the first members and comments. The NSL News article also offered a forum for comments and a poll.
The first results of the poll show a significant majority for the opposition of switching to aircraft with a right-hand door, in this case the Pilatus Porter. However, the feedback from two of the most experienced competitors... (more)
Did you know that competition experiences also helped the Intermediate Class teams? posted: Oct 13th, 2010 Real competition practice does not only work well for the most experienced teams. A closer look at the Intermediate Class leaderboard of the USPA Nationals 2010 supports what veteran coaches and competitors suggest from the very beginning: attend meets to collect as much competition experiences as possible.
All Top 10 teams in the Intermediate Class competition at the USPA Nationals attended at least one meet before they traveled to Skydive Chicago in September. Several of those ten best AA/Intermediate Class teams competed more than two times this year.
Northern Plains Skydiving League team... (more)
Did you know that Bodyflight Voluntas has a new lineup for 2011? posted: Oct 12th, 2010 New wind tunnel scores on the NSL leaderboard are coming from Denmark and the first national indoor championship of the Scandinavian country. The update from Denmark also included news of the national teams.
Denmark has had three national teams in the past years, lined up to provide the best talent for the official national 4-way team. Bodyflight Voluntas (Flemming Borop Andersen, Kasper Brandt-Svanekier, Kenneth Gajda, Brian Gregersen) has been the national team for the last two years.
Bodyflight Altius (John Behrendt Petersen, Karsten Ettrup, Kathrine Pontoppidan, Thomas See) was the B-Team... (more)
Did you know that the discussion of the right-hand door is back on? posted: Oct 11th, 2010 A new round of discussion has resumed over an old topic. The related event is still two years away, however, the timing is crucial, as the topic is very important for the main actors in the show - the teams and competitors who will attend the next World Championship of Formation Skydiving in 2012.
The topic is once again the aircraft for the Formation Skydiving events at the next world meet. It has often and widely been discussed in the past, and it comes back up for a simple reason. There is a possibility that teams and competitors may have to change their training plans as dramatically as... (more)
Did you know that Mathieu Bernier has won six medals in the last four world meets? posted: Oct 9th, 2010 Several competitors have tried it in the past, some of them a few times, and some came close. There is only one who finally made it.
Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge member Mathieu Bernier is the first and only competitor who won two gold medals at the same World Meet, one in 4-way and another one in 8-way at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010.
It was a unique project. Usually, the previous attempts were done by complete 4-way lineups who also competed in 8-way. There were a few exceptions where 8-way had priority, and a 4-way lineup also competed at the same World Meet.
The Golden... (more)
Did you know that France has an 8-way trio of success?
Did you know that the aircraft discussion for the World Meet 2012 takes on momentum?
Did you know that competition experiences also helped the Intermediate Class teams?
Did you know that Bodyflight Voluntas has a new lineup for 2011?
Did you know that the discussion of the right-hand door is back on?
Did you know that Mathieu Bernier has won six medals in the last four world meets?