Knowledge Center
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 Archive
Flying Predictably
Maxine Tate of Flight-1 shows how it’s easy to cause a traffic jam if you alter your rate of descent in the pattern.
Landing Priorities by Maxine Tate
How to land safely, anywhere, any time…
Downsizing
Flight-1 Instructor Paul Dorward takes a deep dive into the topic of Down-Sizing.
5 Tips to staying alive
Flight-1 Instructor Phil Webley looks at 5 simple ways of staying alive under canopy.
Dynamic Flocking
Pete Allum guides us through the exciting new dicipline of canopy flocking.
8 Priniciples for canopy piloting
Paul Dorward from Flight-1 talks through 8 principles that can assist with canopy progression.
Choosing the right canopy
Pete Allum discusses factors to consider to find your ideal canopy.
Should you even downsize?
Julian Barthel discuses rapid downsizing and its pitfalls.
Flight-1 Safety tips
Safety day top tips from your local Flight-1 Instructors.
The Evolution of Technogly in Canopy Control Training - Ian Bobo PIA 2023
Ian takes an in-depth view of the evolution of technology and introduces a few new products in the marketplace. He demonstrates and identifies the future of technology in Canopy Control Training.