Documents

Below you’ll find a list of useful articles, educational documents, and videos created by Flight-1 instructors and other prominent individuals involved in canopy flight or design. Check back regularly for new material.

Flight-1 Safety Series: Seminar on "Dying for Airspeed" by Brian Vacher

Flight-1 Safety Series: "Collisions & Openings" by Brian Vacher

Flight-1 Safety Series: Advice on Downsizing

Raising the Standard of Canopy Flight

Mile-Hi Documents

Flight-1 Safety Series
USPA Safety Day 2016

Flight-1 Safety Series
USPA Safety Day 2016

Flight-1 Safety Series
USPA Safety Day 2016

Flight-1 Safety Series
USPA Safety Day 2016

Cutaway. Reserve! NOW WHAT?!
Author: Maxine Tate
Skydive Mag, June 2015

Flight-1 Safety Series
USPA Safety Day 2015

Get Current: Cold Climate Jumpers:
Preparing for a Successful Season

Get Current:
Landing Priorities

Get Current:Safety Tips for Camera Flyers

Loss of Altitude
Author: Maxine Tate
Skydive Mag, April 2014

Safety Code: How to Avoid a Canopy Collision

When Less is More
Author: Brian Vacher
Parachutist, August 2013

Flight-1 Safety Series
Hard Deck

Flight-1 Safety Series
Malfunctions Above & Below The Hard Deck

Flight-1 Safety Series
Preventing Low Cut Aways

Safety Code for Low Altitude Jumps

Landing Patterns: A Call to Action
Author: Ian Drennan
Parachutist, December 2010

Dirt Dive This!
Author: Ian Drennan
Blue Skies Mag #14, October 2010

Boost Your Confidence
Author: Jonathan Tagle
Parachutist, April 2006

180? About Turn!
Author: Brian Vacher
Parachutist, February 2007

The Canopy Toolbox
Author: Brian Vacher
Skydive The Mag, February 2006

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