CReW (skydiving)

[JTVal]

Its been a while since I posted here. I moved from Vegas to Colorado.
I am almost situated and I FINALLY got back out to make a few skydives.
I was able to film a different discipline called CRew (Canopy Relative Work)A.K.A. flying more than one parchute relative to each other(and docking)

Unfortunately, my camcorder battery died but I DID get some good stills.
What do you think about these?

This formation is called a "wing"
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8db33b3127ccea8d14ce7b9fb00000015100BZt2rdu1bse

This one is called the "snake"

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8db33b3127ccea8d14025b93f00000015100BZt2rdu1bse

[deezeljuice]

I'm not a skydiver and know zip about it, but don't you have to be really, really careful not to touch anotherskydivers parachute?

[JTVal]

I'm not a skydiver and know zip about it, but don't you have to be really, really careful not to touch anotherskydivers parachute?


In MOST cases yes. When you know someone and you plan the jump it's not as dangerous as one might think.
HOWEVER, THEY DON'T normally do this below 2000 ft.

These pictures were taken from 12,500ft above the ground to 3,500ft above the ground.

Wanna see soemthing that will blow your mind?http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1403900203845353346

This is 85 canopies docked.
The newest world record is 100 canopies.
EDIT to add: the other 4-5 parachutes are video flyers. The three people in my picture are in the this video and the new world record. I was not filming anything except what I posted.

[mikeb540]

nice pics, the local skydive club just moved to my local airport since the dz they had was sold i guess.. i may have to get out sometime and get some landing shots. im a huge fan of the www.jet-man.com (http://www.jet-man.com) setup, the canopy flying is was i like.. dont much care for freefall. tho the only thing iv done was fly down a bunny slope in a paraglider haha.. and the parachute i wore flying sailplanes i was lucky enough to not need.. anywho great pic and stay safe up there
mike

[JTVal]

I haven't done any thing other than skydiving, as far as caonpies are concerned, but I wanna find a place to do some ground launching stuff.
I have a feel ing that Colorado has plenty of places to do that.

[mikeb540]

that sounds fun! tho i almost did that today with my power kite haha
mike

[willy b]

Nice shots! Love the 2nd shot!