Freeflying
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Free flying refers to any freefall activity involving back, head down, standing or sit positions as opposed to the traditional belly to earth orientation. It includes freestyle and sky surfing. The di
Paired skydivers holding hands in freefall
A group of skydivers in freefall formation at sunset
A skydiver in a sit-fly position during freefall
Paired skydivers in head-down freefall formation
Parachuting
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Parachuting is the descent of a person through the atmosphere using a parachute. In sport parachuting, a jumper normally exits an aircraft, passes through a period of free fall, deploys a steerable ca
Freeflying
…Clowns, the Flyboyz, and Freeflying as a discipline. A once fledgling offshoot of the mainstream, freeflying now comprises one-half of the overall skydiving community. Zipser's Space Games used a "space ball" as a research and measuring device to provide a constant speed and direction from which individual…
A skydiver holding the aircraft doorway immediately before entering freefall.
A nineteenth-century illustration of Garnerin's 1797 parachute descent at Parc Monceau
A group of skydivers entering freefall after leaving an aircraft
A skydiver flaring the canopy immediately before touchdown