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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.

Category: Samantha Schwann Photography

  • Tailors of Training – AXIS interview

    AXIS Flight School would like to thank Annette O’Neil for writing the following article about the new AXIS Merits System. AXIS provides bespoke education for Smart Skydivers: Now with (Gorgeous) Merits! Ask anyone who’s been in the sport for more than a couple of seasons: the times, they are a changin’. For the first 15 to 20…

  • Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    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…

  • AXIS Flight School – Dream of Flight

    Reposted from the PD Blog When you meet Nik Daniel and Brianne Thompson, the first thing you notice is their energy, passion, and boundless enthusiasm for the sport of skydiving.  These two founding members of AXIS Flight School seem like they are perpetually running between coaching, competing, tunnel flying, training, and fun jumping at their home dropzone Skydive Arizona.  But no matter…

  • Steam Punk Desert Photoshoot

    Brianne Thompson of AXIS Flight School rocking a steam punk outfit in the Arizona Desert. Image below is a collaborative effort between myself and Samantha Schwann. Check out Sam’s Facebook page for more awesome photos!

  • AXIS Flight School on 60 Minutes

        Brianne Thompson and  Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School, with Steve Curtis of Arizona Arsenal, recorded some video footage for Go Pro on October 22nd, 2014. Parts of the video were featured on the 60 Minutes segment “GoPro Moment” on February 4th, 2015. The final edit is scheduled to be released on Go Pro’s You Tube Channel very…

  • AXIS Water Training – More Than Just a Sign-Off

    photos by Samantha Schwann Training for intentional and unintentional water landings is an important part of a skydiver’s learning progression and is required to receive the USPA B license. Unfortunately, most jumpers rarely give it much thought after their instructors sign them off for this skill, and few take the time to carefully consider the…

  • USPA Parachutist Cover February 2015

    I would like to congratulate Samantha Schwann on her first USPA Parachutist cover! Looking forward to future publications from this talented photographer.