The Drop

News and Resources from AXIS Flight School


Category: Records

  • Brianne Thompson: ‘Purposeful Training’ Led to Rankings Jump at USPA Nationals Original interview by Jen Booton, Oct 06, 2023 Thompson took third in the Open class for speed, jumping from an 11th place finish in 2022. After showing up in 2022 without any focused training in speed and ranking 11th, Brianne Thompson jumped up to…

  • On September 14 – 16, Brianne and Nik of AXIS Flight School attended the 2023 USPA National Speed Skydiving Championships at Skydive Paraclete XP in Raeford, North Carolina. This year had one of the largest turn outs with 15 competitors, 4 of them female. The weather was great and the meet was completed in one…

  • On August 19 – 25, 2023 the U.S. Speed Skydiving and Wingsuit flyers tested themselves against the world’s best in Prostejov, Czech Republic at the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation) World Cup Championships. Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School attended the competition representing the United States. Jumping out of a…

  • The International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) has updated its World Wide Eternal Ranking page, which now includes the results of the 2022 World Championships. The scores on this list only highlight a competitor’s personal best (P.B.) in competition. To stay up to date on the discipline, check out the Speed Skydiving Facebook page. Outside of…

  • Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    Being competitors at heart, Niklas and Brianne do their best to improve on a daily basis. This applies not only to competitions, but also their business and life’s work – AXIS Flight School. AXIS has gone through an incredible online transformation, which could be called a “Cyber Grand Re-opening”. These changes have been taking place behind the…

  • The 2017 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Perris, CA. AXIS Flight School members Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel entered three separate events: VFS open, MFS open, and Speed. In the 4-way VFS category there were 3 teams in open, and 4 in advanced. After completing close to 400 training jumps at Skydive Arizona, and spending about 30 hours in the Skyventure Arizona wind tunnel, the team…

  • I would like to thank Canpara (Canadian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my WVWR photographs for the Dec-Mar 2014 cover spot. It depicts the new 63-way Women’s Vertical World Record over Skydive Arizona.

  • I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my WVWR photographs for the January 2014 cover spot. It depicts the new 63-way Women’s Vertical World Record over Skydive Arizona.