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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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  • 2026 ISSA Event #2, Eloy – Recap

    Over the weekend of April 25-26, AXIS Flight School hosted the second 2026 ISSA Event of the year at Skydive Arizona. Competitors from three countries attended—the USA, Australia, and China. There are eight ISSA Events in total this year, and this meet brought together several world-level veterans alongside two newcomers who had never competed in…

  • USPA Pro

    Ah, the USPA Pro: that rating that puts all the focus on canopy flying skills—more to the point, accuracy—to avoid our sport leading the news when somebody swoops in and smacks a newly-christened municipal goalpost. If you want to high-five the front row at the airshow, this is the stamp of approval you’re going to…

  • AOPA Pilot: Pure Speed by Bob Carlton

    Related Links: Vertigo Airshows – Bob AXIS Flight School – Nik and Brianne International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) Skydive Arizona – Dropzone FlySight – position logging device

  • SPEED Skydiving wants YOU!

    Written by Niklas Daniel. Special thanks to Eugene Ciurana for translating! Scroll down for 🇪🇸 Spanish and 🇫🇷 French texts. Do you like to go fast? Would you like to join an incredible community of athletes that are pushing the limits of what is humanly possible? Would you like the opportunity to represent your home…

  • 2024 ISSA World Cup Series Conclusion

    The International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) is a non-profit organization that promotes speed skydiving, organizes annual World Cup Series events, and develops the sport. The World Cup Series is a sequence of meets held around the world. The competitor with the most points at the end of the season is the ISSA Speed Skydiving World Series Champion.…

  • ISSA World Cup Series Event (Eloy #1) Recap

    Over the Easter weekend, Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School organized the first ISSA World Cup Series Event in the United States at Skydive Arizona. The International Speed Skydiving Association is an group of Speed Skydiving enthusiasts and a non-registered not for profit organization with the goal to develop the sport. Speed Skydiving…

  • Arizona Challenge 2022 Prints by Niklas Daniel

    AXIS Flight School would like to thank Arizona Airspeed for including us in their annual invitational event – The Arizona Airspeed Challenge. Over the course of the memorial day weekend, members of the USA National 4-way Formation Skydiving Team organized some tricky 60-ways over Skydive Arizona. Jumping from an altitude of 16,000 feet, there were…

  • Playing with UPT’s Mutant Harness over Skydive Arizona

  • 1st Swoop Du Jour Canopy Piloting Competition at Skydive Arizona

    On February 18th, Skydive Arizona held its first local Swoop Du Jour canopy piloting competition. An informal Canopy Piloting competition where the main objective is for beginner pilots to learn the competition rules AND for the professionals to get practice. There were judges, prizes and soup. Coaching and video debriefing was provided by PD Factory…

  • AXIS Decennial at Skydive AZ!

    November 2020 marks AXIS Flight School‘s 10 year anniversary at Skydive Arizona! In celebration of our ‘tin anniversary‘, we reflect on some of our favorite highlights and exploits over the past decade and give thanks to our Students, Sponsors, Team Mates, and Skydive Arizona. Without you, we would not be living the dream. We also want…