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A canopy formation is a formation built by parachutists by flying their "A 100-way diamond!"
CFworlrecord.com, retrieved June 11, 2014
A canopy formation is a formation built by parachutists by flying their parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support people, for recreation or as a safety device for aviators, who ...
s in proximity to each other and then taking grips ("docking") on other jumpers' parachutes.
The practice of building such formations is officially known as : ''canopy formations (CF)'', Former Terms are ''canopy formation skydiving (CFS)'' or ''canopy relative work (CRW or CReW)''.
In 2012, an eleven-member team of the Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...
achieved a canopy formation involving all members of the team. In November 2007, a 100-person was performed over Lake Wales, Florida. To date, this is the largest such formation ever achieved and recognised as an official F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration A%C3%A9ronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record. The current FAI European record is a 30-parachute formation built in 2018 in Teuge in the Netherlands CFworlrecord.com, retrieved June 11, 2014
See also
*Formation skydiving
Formation skydiving is a skydiving event where multiple skydivers attach themselves to one another by grabbing each other's limbs or by the use of "grippers" on their jumpsuit while free falling through the sky. The goal of this skydiving prog ...
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