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News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
Category: Skydiving
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Valentine’s Day rolls around each year and that means it’s time for the annual Valentine’s Skydiving Meet over Eloy, Arizona. RTM interviewed me over Skype to find out more about the event. To check it out, please follow this link: Right This Minute Valentines Meet Coverage “Right This Minute (RTM) is a daily, news and information program…
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Thanks to Cameron, one of my skydiving students, I was able to make some test jumps on a couple of new Canon lenses that he let me borrow: Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye and Canon Super Wide Angle EF 14mm f/2.8L. Let me just start by saying that both of these lenses are fantastic. Even though they…
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Check out the awesome upcoming UPT ad. I captured this shot of Alex Bittner and his girlfriend Jessica Spreng (Team Carolina Ragamuffins) during the 2011 USPA Nationals in Eloy, Arizona. Thanks for the great edit Seth!
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Welcome to February’s installment of AXIS Flight School‘s Foundations of Flight! This month we will be discussing how to do a two-way vertical transition while belly flying. A new feature we will be providing in future FOF editions, is the addition of a QR code. This square barcode can be photographed with any smart phone, thus allowing…
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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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Check out Dean’s last Arizona Tunnel Trip! Thanks for the edit Dean!!!
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It only took a year and a half, but I finally got around to it. Here are all 10 rounds of Spaceland Blue at the 2010 World Championships in Menzelinsk, Russia. Here is another video, this one form the 2009 USPA Nationals in Rosharon, Texas.
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In early spring, the skydiving season for much of the country is just crawling out of hibernation. Most skydivers don’t jump through the cold months as often as they do in the summer, and their skills are a bit rusty. That’s when Safety Day comes. Established in 1997 from an idea by Patti Chernis,…
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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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Another great video by Dean Perrine. Check out his last Skydive AZ trip with friends. RedBull required!!!
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