Group Jump To Be Made Multiple Times Each Day From Thursday To Saturday

An international team of 40 women will attempt to set a world record for largest all-female skydiving formation while flying in an upright orientation. This is the first all-female world record event of its kind.

 
The event will be held at Skydive Arizona in Eloy. The group will jump multiple times each day, simultaneously exiting two airplanes in formation from altitudes above 16,000 feet for each attempt. They will then try to build the formation flying in a position that looks like sitting in a chair—“upright” in skydiving lingo. They will have only about 50 seconds to complete the large formation while plummeting toward the ground at speeds in excess of 170 mph before separating from each other and opening their parachutes.
 
The international team includes 40 women from across the U.S. and as far away as Canada, Finland, France, Norway and the Netherlands who will travel to Arizona in hopes of earning coveted slots on the record skydive. The goal is to set a new world record for largest all-female upright formation skydive.
 
For anyone 18 or older, people all over the country can find out more about skydiving and find a drop zone in their area from the U.S. Parachute Association.

(Source: USPA news release. Image from file)

FMI: www.uspa.org