A canopy formation is a formation built by parachutists by flying their parachutes in proximity to each other and then taking grips ("docking") on other jumpers' parachutes. European Canopy-Formation Group | We fly formations with open parachutes, with friends from all over Europe A look back November 23, 2023 No Comments. at the 2023 edition of the CF record path Text by Pasi Pirttikoski and Henk Lunshof Pictures: Wijnanda van Wijngaarden, Daniel Lepot, Michael Tomaselli. Read More → How do they fly
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Today there are 3 events in the Canopy Formation Discipline:- 4 way Rotations Teams of 4 skydivers, supported by a skydiving videographer, are allowed up to 30 seconds to build a 4 stack formation. Once the initial formation (worth 1 point) is built, the top jumper rotates to the bottom of the stack to score another point. Canopy Formation, or CF, is the discipline of building 'shapes' in the sky using parachutes. You may have seen the incredibly impressive photos of anything from 2 to 100 canopy pilots or more, getting together in the sky and using different 'docks' to build 'stacks'. In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. [1] [2] [3] In forest ecology, canopy refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms ( epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc.). [4] Formation: two or more jumpers and parachutes linked by grips. Grip: a hand hold or a foot hook on the "A" lines or front riser of the parachute system. Working time: begins either 30 seconds after the first team member leaves the plane OR at the separation of their first formation, whichever happens first. Events to be Contested:
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Canopy formations, or like it's still often called, CRW (Canopy Relative Work) began in the mid 70's. It is believed that Bobby Gray and Mike "Beanpole" Barber made the world first 2-way in 1975. After that we have seen a lot of different and bigger formations.In the beginning jumpers made vertical formations by using the top dock method. For a high quality download of this video, visit http://normankent.com The following items are strongly recommended for safely building canopy formations: altimeter—provides altitude information for dock, abort, and entanglement decisions protective headgear—should allow adequate hearing capability for voice commands in addition to collision protection long pants and sleeves for protection from line abrasions 2021 CANOPY FORMATION COMPETITION RULES - 2021 EDITION 2. A correctly completed formation preceded by an incorrect inter or incorrect total separation. 3. A formation, inter, or total separation not clearly presented. If an infringement in the scoring formation of a block sequence is carried into the inter, this will be
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Canopy Formation Specialists. 2,606 likes · 30 talking about this. CFS leads the world in providing demonstration, large formation, and competition training for both c Formation Skydiving (FS) Once you have gained FS1 you are free to jump with other qualified individuals as you wish, both in the UK and abroad. FS formations can be be made up of any number of skydivers from 2 to 20+. If you get the FS bug you can enter competitions: 4-Way competition
A group of canopy formation pilots have set a new canopy formation sequential world record with a 2 point 54 way! We completed the record on the first official day of the record attempts. It shows the quality of the load, the organisers & support team that we completed two out of three attempts at this formation in a single day. GALLERIES Menu Toggle. Gallery - Teuge CF experience report 2017; Gallery - Teuge Kilo Project 2017; Gallery - Spring Fling, Florida 2017; Gallery - Challenge 2016 Teuge Netherlands
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The CF World Team has members from all over the world who came together in 2003. Year after year the team trained in Australia, Europe and the United States and built many world records, 49-, 64-, 81- and then the 100-way canopy formation at Florida Skydiving Centre in Lake Wales on November 21, 2007. 142 members took part in this spectacular. Today, the best parachutes for canopy formation parachuting (briefly known as "CF", in the old days) are 7-cell canopies. These parachutes are the safest concerning deployment and stability in flight, especially in turbulent conditions. It is no coincidence that reserve parachutes and canopies for BASE jumping are mostly 7-cell canopies.