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Competition Team

Golden Knights prepare for Indoor Skydiving Competition 2012

February 2, 2012

The Golden Knight 8-way and Golden Knight Female 4-way Teams are both back in competition mode. This weekend, the Paraclete XP Skyventure is hosting the Indoor Skydiving Championships 2012. GK8 and GKF4 will compete in the 4-way Formation Skydiving and the 8-way Formation Skydiving events.

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FLCPA Meet #1

January 26, 2012

The Florida Canopy Piloting League is off and running. The first meet of the year was this past weekend at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, FL. This competition was a little different than most for SFC Greg Windmiller. There were newly proposed rules in place, and there were four Black and Gold canopies in the air.

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USA vs. Russia- Competition History

January 6, 2012

Digging deep into competition history you’ll find that Russia is the “Mother” of competitive parachuting. As early as 1930, jumpers in Russia were competing to see who could land their parachutes closest to a target- known today as Classic Accuracy. The first sanctioned World Parachuting Championships took place in Yugoslavia in 1951, USA was not [...]

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Competition Team Prepares for 2012

December 9, 2011

The Golden Knights’ Competition Team had a great 2011 season, and is now preparing for 2012. First things first- parachute maintenance. The Competition Team has 34 parachute systems that must be serviced and maintained throughout the year. The majority of work falls on the shoulders of the 5 certified Parachute Riggers within the [...]

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Army Strong Showing at the 2011 US National Championships

November 8, 2011

The US Army Golden Knights Competition Team nearly swept all four Formation Skydiving events at the 2011 US Nationals, thereby earning the title of Combined Overall Champions for the first time in over a decade.

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