The 1st European CF Spring Camp 2023 in EVORA and also the 2023 CUMULUS CONVENTION We need to improve our skills and for that purpose we will have our first CF Spring Camp this year. In the beginning, we thought of a drop zone in Italy for this camp, but unfortunately we could not find …
How To Handle Very Critical Situations 1) Introduction In many incident reports, you can find that there is no explanation why the person that got into trouble did not carry out the appropriate actions to solve the problem. Most of the time that depends on the inability to handle the stress that is caused by …
The survey runs until November 18th We need to know how many of our European CF folks we can expect for our events before we start organizing seriously. So please let us know how about your intentions until 18th November 2022. I would like to make the interim status known in this post PETi Count …
European CF Training 2022 @ Hungriger Wolf Where the wolf is hungry, we will also satisfy the European CF hunger after a long Corona-break. Peti has found a host in northern Germany who can offer us the capacity we need.He provides the following text, which can also be downloaded as a PDF file. Likewise, all …
The Record Jump, Preparation, Execution and Psychology 1) Introduction When making a record jump, a competition jump or a serious training jump, you want of course to perform as good as you possibly can. Whether you can achieve that goal depends on the skills that you have earned so far but also very much on …
CF-Aspects of Aerodynamics in Larger Formations It’s all about wing loading A ram air parachute like the PD Lightning or the Triathlon for instance is an air foil. As we will see, the aerodynamics of a ram air parachute are quite complex. The glide angle of such an air foil is invariant as long as …
1st European CF Meeting after Corona Lockdowns About 18 month after the first Corona lockdown, the European CF scene was able to meet again. Organized by Simon Chelmicki we met at the Airport of Kruszyn near Wloclawek. From September 13th through 17th, we were jumping and flying different formations to regain routine and extend our …
Good to know for everybody, The essential requirements to get a World- or Continental CF Record performance recognized by the FAI: Every performer participating in a record performance must have a valid FAI sporting license. That is only proven if that individual is listed in the FAI data base for the year concerned (FAI Sporting …
European CF Scene 2018 This year we have had two major CF skill camps so far (Gransee and Piotrkow Trybunalski) and I am very pleased to recognise a remarkable gain in the overall skill level. That does not mean we have reached the top but we are on a good way and I believe that …
The FAI asked for new competition formats The FAI has some time ago addressed all Air Sports Commissions and asked for new competition formats that fulfil the requirements of World Games and similar FAI First Category Events. Most important is instant scoring and good visibility to the spectators. All freefall disciplines fail to meet this …
We just made our first jumps in Gransee this year Dear CF Jumpers of Europe! This year we are going to try the next stage, a 36-way Diamond. The past years have shown that we have a lot of talented and experianced Crewdogs around but also it became obvious that we need go faster if …
