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Happenings

90210's Trevor Donovan doing AFF at Skydive Elsinore.

"In order to make the jump on his own, he had to undergo 6 hours of ground training where he was taught everything from aerodynamics to parachute operations, landing patterns and of course, emergency procedures. The training was provided by the awesome duo behind the popular AXIS Flight School, run by Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel." - Hollywood Bubble

For more information and production shots of the shoot
please visit Hollywood Bubble's website.

If you received the May issue of Parachutist in your mail box, you already know about the very impressive cover shot that was taken by Phil Peggs over Skydive Moab in Utah. It depicts Jonathan Tagle landing his canopy on Jeff Nebelkopf's (wingsuiter) back, as part of the Project XRW jumps held during the Operation Freefall Event that raised funds for sexual assault prevention and healing programs.

Less than a month later, JT agreed to share some of his knowledge with myself and two other wing-suit pilots (Barry Holubeck and David Gershfeld).

On the right you will find a compilation of our combined footage for a mixed formation video log. In an effort to collect data on what makes mixed formation flights between a canopy and a wing-suit possible, we need to collect as much data as possible. Since this type of flying is still in its infancy, understanding all the variables involved becomes key.

This is the beginning...

PDFT's Jessica Edgeington

I would like to thank Ori Kuper for taking some awesome landing shots of Spaceland Blue during our last training camp.

For more images by Ori please visit his page on printroom.com.

Parachutist (June 2010)

Pages 29, 58, 59, and 64