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News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
Category: Photography
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Sisters in Skydiving is the U.S. Parachute Association‘s female mentorship program. SIS invites experienced women skydivers to sign up to act as mentors to student and novice female jumpers. By giving new women jumpers experienced female role models to help guide and support them, SIS is be able to increase retention of female students, adding depth and…
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Foundations of Flight has been moved outside of its own “department” and into Safety & Training! Check out the January 2012 edition of Parachutist.
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Here are all the scores from the USPA Nationals, courtesy of 90Percent! (WebNews Wednesday, 30 November 2011 – Pages 19 – 39)
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The United States Parachute Association (USPA) held its National Skydiving Championships at Skydive Arizona in late October and early November 2011. Competitors enjoyed near-perfect weather throughout and performed many complex maneuvers in a range of categories, including 4-way, 8-way, 10-way, and 16-way formation skydiving; vertical formation skydiving; canopy formation; freefall style & accuracy landing; and the…
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Check out the latest UPT ad featuring Spaceland Blue!
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Given that today is my birthday, I figured its only fair that I get to rock out with my birthday suit. If you are wondering what is going on in the image above, you will have to get a copy of the latest ESPN Bodies magazine, where Arizona Arsenal can be seen wearing only their rigs.…
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It just so happens that Utah’s Arches National Park is only a 15 minute drive from Skydive Moab. So after the MOAB Boogie I spent a few hours hiking through the park while the sun was setting. Here are a few of my selects:
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The M.O.A.B. Boogie (or Mother Of All Boogies) is an annual skydiving event held at Skydive Moab, Utah. AXIS Flight School attended the 8th annual event to organize formation and freefly jumps. In addition, I was able to take part in some of the off-site jumps, such as MOAB Airpark and Castle Valley in order to…
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Even though it is legal to BASE jump Camelback Mountain, it is no place for a beginner. From the exit point, it is 240 feet to impact. The landing area is located another 120 feet below that. I followed DZ friends David and Andrew to this location to check it out and take some pictures. We reached the exit…
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