Royal Sky Celebration 2010 ~ 2011
 

World Record '10 - 252-way Sequential Skydives

World Team has a unique opportunity to jump from three C-130s flying in formation at high altitudes a full year prior to the FAI world record attempt. The information on this page addresses several important issues related to the World Team event in January 2010.

Formation Size:  The intent is for each event of the Royal Sky Celebration to double in size from the previous one. The 2011 record formation should be twice as large as the 2010 sequential dive, and the mass freefall jump should be twice as large as the 2011 record formation. Since the record formation is targeted to be 500, the sequential formation will be 250. Well, 252 to be exact. The actual size of the dives in 2010 is less important than the information World Team will be able to learn from them.

Event Profile: The Schedule of Events calls for World Team to be in Udon Thani for nine days.  World Team skydivers are scheduled to make three jumps per day for seven days straight.  On the first day, all team members will make Prep Dives consisting of single-ship sorties with exits from 20,000 feet / 6100 meters.  On the next four days, all team members will jump together on three-ship sorties with exits from 24,000 feet / 7300 meters.  The final two days will include Rehearsal Dives to help World Team prepare for its large formation world record jumps in 2011.  These rehearsal jumps will also be three-ship sorties with exits from 24000 feet / 7300 meters.

Guinness Book World Record:  Following the prep dives, World Team will focus on completing the two-point sequential dive to set a new Guinness Book World Record. 

 
252-way Sequence
252-way - Formation 1
 
 
 
 
 
252-way - Formation 2
 
Information about the Application Process and the on-line Application Form
for World Team 2010 can be found
HERE