Skydiving Records

World Records

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the official accrediting body in the world for aviation records. Skydivers may claim records in several disciplines, including target accuracy landing, largest formation of jumpers linked in freefall, largest formation of jumpers linked with open parachutes, and most points accrued on a competition skydive. The records can be in the feminine or general (non-gender specific) categories.

Skydivers participating in FAI records must hold a sporting license from their country's national aeroclub, which is the National Aeronautic Association in the U.S. Click here to visit the NAA site and obtain an FAI sporting license.

A few current official world skydiving records:
· Largest freefall formation, general: 400, Udon Thani, Thailand, 2006

· Largest freefall formation, feminine: 151, Perris, California, 2005

· Largest freefall formation, freeflying head-down, general: 69, Skydive Chicago, Illinois 2007

· Largest freefall formation, freeflying head-down, feminine: 20, Eloy, Arizona, 2008 (pending)

· Largest canopy formation, general: 100, Lake Wales, Florida, 2007

· Largest canopy formation, feminine: 25, Perris, Califormia, 1997

· Accuracy landings/consecutive on a .03 meter disc, feminine: 7, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2004, Svitlana Dyachok (Ukraine)

· Formation skydiving/longest sequence, 4-way, general: 42 formations, Pujaut, France, 2002, Team: France Maubeuge NPC (France)

· Formation skydiving/longest sequence, 4-way, feminine: 30 formations, Hibaldstow, UK, 2005, Team: Airkix (UK)

· Formation skydiving/longest sequence, 8-way, general: 31 formations, Efes, Turkey, 1997, Team: Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" (USA)

· Formation skydiving/longest sequence, 16-way, general: 19 formations, Eloy, Arizona, 2001, Team: Arizona Blue (USA)

· Artistic Events/longest sequence, Freeflying, general: 17 points, Ottawa, Illinois, 2007, Team: Spaceland Anomaly (Trent Alkek, Stephen Boyd, Jed Lloyd - USA)

· Canopy formation/longest sequence, 2-way sequential, general: 16 points, Ottawa, Illinois, 2007. Team: FSC-2 (Chris Gay, Mark Gregory, Keith Thivierge)

· Canopy formation/longest sequence, 4-way sequential (new rule effective May 1, 2006), general: 12 points, Stupino, Russia, 2006. Team: US Team (Gay, Gregory, Paolin, Quandt, Thivierge, Pangburn)

· Canopy Piloting/longest distance, general: 150.72 meters, Longmont, CO, 2007, Jay Moledzki (Canada)

*A jump from 102,800 feet by U.S. Col. Joseph Kittinger in 1960 was disqualified by the FAI, because he used a stabilizing drogue.

For a more complete list of current world records, click here for the FAI web site.

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National Skydiving Records

USPA, through its agreement with the National Aeronautic Association, is the official governing body in the United States for recognizing and maintaining skydiving records.

Currently, there is no one complete listing for national records. Therefore, USPA has attempted to collect the data to create what it believes to be the current list of national records. Those wishing to establish a national record or who wants to be credited with a national record set before the new program was inaugurated May 1, 2006 should follow directions in the Skydiver’s Competition Manual, section 12 (available online here).

Click here for a complete list of current national records. Questions and/or comments should be e-mailed to USPA.

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State Skydiving Records

Those wishing to establish a national record or who want to be credited with a national record set before the new program was inaugurated May 1, 2006 should follow directions in the Skydiver's Competition Manual, section 12 (available online here). The state record application can be found on page 155.

Click here for a complete list of current state records. Questions and/or comments should be e-mailed to USPA.

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