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SWOOPING IN
Canopy Piloting, or Swooping, is spectacular
to watch. Parachutists spiral down to the
Swooping pond at high speed, then flare and
bleed off speed, converting it to distance.
There were six disciplines in Canopy Piloting
at the Games: Accuracy, Combined, Distance,
Freestyle, Speed and Team.
WATER WINGS
Yuri Garmachov, fromRussia, swoops in during
the Freestyle round. Competitors hit speeds of
up to 160km/h on approach to the water.
OASIS IN THE DESERT
Practising at the Skydive Dubai Desert
Campus. In Distance parachutists must pass
below the top of a pair of 1.5m high entry gates
before travelling as far as they can. The world
record stands at 169.19m.
Parachuting Canopy Piloting