Skyluma journal
Selected news from the skydiving world — checked against its source, clearly edited and never sensationalized.
17 stories
Canopy piloting is back on The World Games programme. The Karlsruhe Games are scheduled for 19–29 July 2029.
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The UK federation has published the conditions for lifting the grounding of the smallest Aerodyne ICON containers. We explain what it requires, where it departs from the manufacturer's bulletins and why it is not a Polish rule.
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Major Monika Bekhit and Captain Ewa Wesołowska won gold and silver at the military world championships, and Poland's women's team finished third overall in the accuracy landing World Cup.
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USPA has tightened its requirements for tandem instructors after reviewing incidents. What the rule says, whom it binds and what it does not change in Poland.
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FAI has confirmed the largest formation ever built under open canopies: 104 people from 20 countries, including Poland, linked over Florida.
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Official results from the FAI world championships in Spišská Nová Ves: the champions in accuracy landing and style, how the Polish competitors placed and how the scoring works.
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The most relevant USPA training decisions from August, with context for AFF instructors and experienced jumpers.
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Why matching handle colours on every student rig could save a student seconds, what USPA rules require today and where a student learns the equipment they jump.
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Dates, programme and scoring for the seven FAI world championships at two US drop zones in October.
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How to recognise late-season overload at a drop zone, and the scheduling and communication changes proposed in an article published by USPA.
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The third World Skydiving Day ended with a record 31,075 reported jumps in 43 countries. How the jumps were counted, and how the two earlier editions compare.
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The principles Skyluma uses to select, translate, verify and publish skydiving news.
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The scope of Aerodyne's mandatory bulletin, the manufacturer's stated reason, what an owner has to do and the UK conditions for returning ICON containers to use.
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Where cabin carbon monoxide comes from, why its symptoms pass for fatigue or altitude, and what USPA, FAA and EASA say about detectors.
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Sophie Grill and Sebastian Graser are world champions in a discipline where centimetres from the target convert into seconds on the slope. Results, scoring and history.
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Elections, hosts through 2028, records, participation, rankings and the World Games: the main decisions of the January ISC plenary, taken from the minutes.
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Results of the debut, how the wind-tunnel race works and the role of the individual coefficient in FAI's first para discipline.
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