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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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  • Brianne’s Casa Grande Dispatch Interview

    Local skydiver reaches historic heights at national competition CASA GRANDE — Since beginning her professional skydiving career, Casa Grande resident Brianne Thompson has always strived to push her limits and achieve what was thought to be impossible. A world-renowned competitor, Thompson has accomplished numerous achievements. However, no achievement was greater than… View Interview

  • Brianne on FOX 10 Phoenix

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  • Brianne on Arizona’s Family

    Arizona woman wins medal at Skydiving Championship Watch Video

  • OEW in the Eloy Enterprise

    Disabled veterans learn how to skydive By MARIA VASQUEZ, Staff Writer Feb 7, 2020   ELOY — Two paraplegic military veterans have taken up a new hobby and recently began their journey of obtaining their skydiving license. Ryan Newell and Chris Wolff traveled to SkyVenture Arizona from Kansas and Texas for their first training session…

  • OEW tunnel intensive January 2020

    Chris Wolff and Ryan Newell just completed flying with AXIS Flight School at the Skyventure AZ tunnel. Having flown 3.5 hours each over the course of four days, Chris and Ryan are part of the January 2020 Operation Enduring Warrior Skydive class. The goal of this training camp was to best prepare Chris and Ryan for…

  • AZ X-Force takes 2nd at the 2018 USPA Nationals.

    AZ X-Force takes 2nd at the 2018 USPA Nationals.

      After nearly two full days on the ground due to weather, the first events wrapped up at the 2018 USPA National Skydiving Championships at Chicagoland Skydiving Center in Rochelle, Illinois. The vertical formation skydiving event completed five of 10 scheduled rounds, with five teams in each division.   In the open class, SDC Core…

  • Down for 50

    Annette O’Neil and Joel Strickland made their skydive jump over Arizona, performing an incredible air dance before pulling their chutes. They also completed jumps in New Mexico, are currently headed to Nevada, and eventually, they plan on making skydives in all 50 states (even Alaska and Hawaii) over the next six months, making it the first…

  • FOX 10 News Camera flying interview

    PICTURE PERFECT: Man takes pictures, 15,000 feet up in the air “Skydiving, as one can imagine, is dangerous enough, but try to imagine the added element of trying to capture the perfect picture, 12,000 feet up in the air. One photographer does exactly that, as a career. “As a kid, I’ve always been pretty active, always enjoyed extreme sports, whether it…

  • Arizona X-FORCE on local newspaper cover

    The Eloy Enterprise – words by Tanner Clinch, photo courtesy of Kevin Mitchell 4-way VFS Team Arizona X-Force exits the Dentri (formation M of the IPC dive pool) over Skydive Arizona.    As the clock struck noon on a recent Sunday, the four-man vertical formation skydiving team at Skydive Arizona was 10 minutes from taking off…

  • Todd Love featured on German Television Pro 7 Galileo

    It has been over a year now since AXIS Flight School got to meet and jump with Todd Love (USMC veteran who lost both of his legs and his left hand to an IED in Afghanistan).  On Saturday 28th February 2015, at 08:15, ProSieben (a German television channel) featured some of Todd’s video footage flying over Skydive Arizona on the show “Galileo Big…