“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” – Leonardo DaVinci
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Dutch press
1 CommentDutch press opens with; ‘Best skydivers practice spectacular formation jump over Teuge’ SourceTEUGE – The best skydivers in the world are in the Netherlands this week to jump into Skydive Teuge’s jubilee week. The association has been in existence forRead More »
50 Years Skydive Teuge
No CommentsWith World-Class CF-Coaches Skydive Teuge, is celebrating their 50th anniversary and that’s the reason for several special events this year, including a Canopy Formation event.This will be one of the biggest CF events in Europe. From June 20 – 30.Read More »
Spring Fling adventures ’19
2 CommentsOver the ocean during the daytime and at night Spring Fling ’19 appeared to be CF’s largest gathering ever. 153 participants from all continents took part in this great event. 20 members of the crEUw team joined in, making upRead More »
The Spring Fling 2019
No CommentsThe list is growing up Update! (2019 Feb 8) We now have 120 people registered – WOW! So we are on our way to be even larger than last year. While we wait for the snow to melt and areRead More »
European Record Video 30way
1 CommentMaurice finished the video of the record Thanks to Maurice Kostros for the work of the video editing. Call it on youTube and give it a like, if you like it!Read More »
End of a great season
No CommentsThe close of a great season After hard work on our training camps and the EU-record attempt, Marc Calluy and Brord van der Maat invited us to close the season with a ‘CF for Fun’ event the Zwarberg DZ with SkydiveRead More »
Season finish in Belgium
No CommentsCome to Zwartberg & finish the season with crEUw The 6 way speed competition will not take place as there were too few teams registered for it. For this the CF-season ends with Lightnings. However, CReW is still on atRead More »
Confirmation from the Judges
No CommentsThe Judges’ statement is as follows After checking the evidence provided, the Judges declared that our attempt to set a European record for Largest Canopy Formation, made at Paracentrum Teuge, is valid! Yes it is!!!! We now have to apply forRead More »
New in CF and in the record-jump
3 CommentsThe story of IZA who is new in CF Life is amazing: in May I started CF and I did 15 jumps. In June I did about 15 jumps more at one of the ECF camps where I set myRead More »
ECF Challenge 2018, day 3
1 CommentECF Challenge 2018, day 3 with a new record! This morning we woke up with the 30-way dirt dive of the night before still in our minds. After a good breakfast, the clouds put us on a hold before we couldRead More »
Staff
The Staff of the EU CF-Project The leaders of the project introduce themselves. Click on the images to find the sports-vita of the CF-jumpers. To get in touch with us, please use the contact form in the menu under the ‘About’
Motivation of ECF
What do we do? We are the European Canopy Formation Team (ECF), a group of well-known European CF-Skydivers. We fly formations with open parachutes, with friends from all over Europe. We also promote networks for athletes all over the world.
Gallery Directory
Photographers of the various galleries Euro CF 2015: Ming Chu, Laurent Dreyfus and Heikki Kammonen Euro CF 2016: Ming Chu, Laurent Dreyfus and Heikki Kammonen Spring Fling, Florida 2017: Michael Tomaselli alias Chico © cutaway production Teuge Kilo-Team 2017: Laurent Dreyfus and
Technical considerations for flying big formations
Flight Technology for big Diamond Formations Equipment Wing Loading General rule Approach Docking Body Position in the Formation Communication Breaking up and starburst Safety – Emergency Standards 1) EQUIPMENT In big formations it is necessary to have canopies with similar
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Preparations for the European Challenge
Points to bear in mind in preparing for record dives FAI Sporting License How to dock Grips in the formation Trim & So 1) FAI Sporting Licence You need to have a valid FAI sporting licence from the corresponding fiscal year!
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