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AXIS Flight School offers structured, progressive training designed to help sport skydivers of all levels achieve their personal and competitive goals. Whether you’re looking to improve your canopy skills, master new freefall techniques in the tunnel and sky, or prepare for competition, our world-class coaches will guide you every step of the way.

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  • CReW on Velocity? You betcha!

    Brianne and I snuck out this morning to do a fun jump with our beautiful orange Performance Designs canopies. “The Velocity is designed specifically to satisfy pilots who have already been jumping high performance elliptical canopies at high wing loadings, and are looking for something more. Its rigid crossbraced structure and extremely responsive controls provide a…

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight – Head Down Flower Exit

    In the September issue of Parachutist‘s Foundations of Flight, we examine the 2-way head down flower exit.

  • AXIS Foundation of Flight – Launching a 2-way Side-body

    Here is AXIS Flight School’s latest installment of Foundations of Flight: Launching a 2-way Side-body piece

  • AXIS – Swoop and Slide

    Here is some Go Pro footage of what happens when AXIS goes out to play. Niklas Daniel and Brianne Thompson of AXIS Flight School cool off by landing on a 200 foot slip and slide at Skydive Arizona. Also featured on Blue Skies Mag!

  • IAF training enters its final week

    There are only a few days left before the Indian Air Force completes their training here are Skydive Arizona. It is truly amazing to have witnessed the transformation of the group. Each person is a completely different skydiver than when they first arrived. In addition to all of their gained technical knowledge, the groups overall energy…

  • Around the DZ

    Here are some images I took for the AXIS Flight School website in order to give people a better idea of what Skydive Arizona‘s has to offer.

  • Indian Air Force

    Over the past couple of weeks, AXIS Flight School has been working with the Indian Air Force in order to prepare them for the upcoming CISM Military Championships. India will be competing in Formation Skydiving and Classic Accuracy in both the men’s and women’s divisions. During their first few days of training, the group has made…

  • Fun in the Sun

    Sometimes it is nice to just get out there and do whatever comes natural. Steve Curtis (left) and Niklas Daniel (right) perform a sole to sole over Skydive Arizona during a “Fun Jump”. Photo by Travis Mills

  • UPT Ad

    Check out UPT‘s latest ad in Blue Skies Magazine. It includes our AXIS Flight School digital night camouflage rigs! Click here to order yours.

  • Thank you Blue Skies Mag!

    AXIS Flight School has been posting information about coaching, events, photos, videos, and their trick tips on Facebook for the past year. Recently however, facebook has been making a lot of changes that effect businesses with personal profiles. In order to keep our information out there, we have created a business account. Unfortunately, now we…