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 …
Attached is a collection of dates for ECF events, and some other CF events that are of interest to us in the coming year. The ECF dates are kept in an open google agenda. This calendar is also embedded on this ECF page. PERIOD OF TIME EVENT DZ COUNTRY CONTACT March 18-26 CF Spring Fling …
In September 19-24th 2022 we are gathering in Poland (SkyForce DZ) in order to set new European Canopy Formation (CRW/CF) Record, 36-way diamond, that will beat our last 30-way record set in 2018 (SkyDive Teuge / Netherlands)! Core Info WHAT: 36-way European Canopy Formation Record (planning). WHEN: 19-24 September 2022. WHERE: SkyForce, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland …
1st Danish Big Way CF Camp with Grand Caravan (D-FUNC) & coach Pasi Pirttikoski in Odense Lufthavn, 5270 Odense N, Danmark The small CF community in Denmark is inviting you to join a big way (up to 16 way) Camp – with the competent coaching by finnish Pasi. For Registration, Send mail to Martin Mc …
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 …
Closure of a round-the-world CF trip By Henk Lunshof, Perris, 18 October 2019 After the exciting CFS exhibition jumps in China, from 10 to 13 October, and the successful World CF Sequential Record jumps on 16 and 17 October at Skydive Perris, the focus was transferred to the CF Night Record and the Path of …
By Henk Lunshof, Wednesday, October 16 Skydive Perris’ workers were completely stressed when they found the first CRW Dogs organising parachutes and preparing to skydive at 6am. Yes, it’s really true! These CRW jumpers do what they say! The staff’s plan to clean the packing area with a leaf blower, powered by a noisy gasoline …
