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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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  • Around the DZ

    Here are some images I took for the AXIS Flight School website in order to give people a better idea of what Skydive Arizona‘s has to offer.

  • Indian Air Force

    Over the past couple of weeks, AXIS Flight School has been working with the Indian Air Force in order to prepare them for the upcoming CISM Military Championships. India will be competing in Formation Skydiving and Classic Accuracy in both the men’s and women’s divisions. During their first few days of training, the group has made…

  • Fun in the Sun

    Sometimes it is nice to just get out there and do whatever comes natural. Steve Curtis (left) and Niklas Daniel (right) perform a sole to sole over Skydive Arizona during a “Fun Jump”. Photo by Travis Mills

  • UPT Ad

    Check out UPT‘s latest ad in Blue Skies Magazine. It includes our AXIS Flight School digital night camouflage rigs! Click here to order yours.

  • Thank you Blue Skies Mag!

    AXIS Flight School has been posting information about coaching, events, photos, videos, and their trick tips on Facebook for the past year. Recently however, facebook has been making a lot of changes that effect businesses with personal profiles. In order to keep our information out there, we have created a business account. Unfortunately, now we…

  • Great Balls of Fire!

    It turns out that torching a parachute is much more difficult than you would expect. There was a lot of prep work involved in this stunt, such as creating a deployment-system involving a plastic bucket filled with gasoline, a special cutaway system for a third parachute, and a detonation system that could withstand the forces of…

  • Kid Savant Music Video

    Here it is! The long awaited music video by Kid Savant. Enjoy!

  • Swoop and Slide

    Ever wonder how jumpers at Skydive Arizona deal with the heat? A 200 foot slip and slide should answer that question. Here are some shots of Arizona Arsenal cooling off.    

  • Foundations of Flight

    Foundations of Flight is AXIS Flight School‘s monthly “trick tip” column which is published by USPA‘s Parachutist. So far AXIS has covered everything from basic belly flying to free flying. Our latest addition in the series now also includes canopy skills. Be sure to check out AXIS updates on their Facebook page! Also featured on the PD Blog!