Here are some guidelines to help you figure out your path to the Wingsuit World Record.

Below are some of the questions the leadership team will ask before issuing an invitation. If you have specific skills that you need to work on, figure out which camps you can attend and let the organizer know. There are lots of safe opportunities to learn and make mistakes before September. If you still have issues with any of the above skills at the record, you may be asked to sit down, so it's in your best interests as well as the whole team's safety to build confidence early!

Experience Level:

Skydiving experience: Minimum 500 skydives

Wingsuit experience: Minimum 100 wingsuit skydives

Currency: Minimum 40 wingsuit jumps in the 6 months prior to the event (from April-September)

Formation experience:

-Fly in a slot-specific 25-way or larger formation where you hold your assigned slot for the entire skydive. 

-Attend at least one multi-plane formation camp approved by the record leadership team. Camps and events that can lead to an invitation will be listed here.

Exit (you should be able to answer "yes" to all of these questions)

-Can you anticipate where the formation will be immediately after exit?

-Are you able to quickly recover and get back on line of flight from a poor exit?

-Can you dive exit quickly and efficiently in a group while remaining stable?

-Are you comfortable climbing out the door of a side-door aircraft in a group for a floater exit and remaining outside the door while waiting for a count?

-Can you float up to the formation after an exit like the one described above?

Approach (you should be able to answer "yes" to all of these questions)

-Are you consistent in approaching the formation calmly, smoothly and predictably using the "red zone" theory? (The "red zone" is the area close to the jumper's sector as they approach the formation.  In the Red Zone, the jumper should be almost level in their approach, minimizing movement to avoid collisions.

-Do you have good peripheral awareness at all times? Can you use this awareness to avoid collisions?

-Can you flare out of a dive without "popping up" above your slot?

-Can you "sheep dog" when approaching your sector and the formation as a whole? (“Sheep dogging” refers to the process of following jumpers ahead of you in the formation on approach so that everyone gets into their slot in an orderly way, similar to airline boarding by row number that allows those sitting in the back to board first.

Flying in the Formation (Same deal. Can you answer "Yes"?)

-Are you reliable and predictable in your flying skills?

-Can you safely recover from going low?

-Can you fly in a slot and work with sightlines? (use more than one reference point in the formation to keep position, including reference points not in direct proximity)

-Will you dampen out fall rate changes or waves through the formation by flying steady?

Breakoff ("Yes?")

-Can you track away from the formation while remaining on level?

-Can you break off in timed stages with your sector?

Canopy Skills ("Yes?")

-Do you gain control of your canopy quickly after opening?

-Are you comfortable flying a landing pattern with many other canopies in the air?

-Are you able and willing to land in a crosswind or downwind direction if necessary to maintain the pattern? (You do not need to demonstrate this for qualifying, but may want to work on these canopy skills, carefully, at your home drop zone.)