Some of the nation's top canopy pilots are competing in Pasco County this week as the U.S. Parachute Association's 2026 National Canopy Piloting Championships are underway.

For the skydivers competing at Skydive City this week, opening a parachute is only the beginning. The challenge comes as they approach the ground, flying across the water and navigating a course where ...

The World Games 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, will include two FAI air sports, it was announced on Sunday. Drone racing and canopy piloting – a spectacular form of skydiving that combines ...

The 10th World Air Sports Federation (FAI) World Canopy Piloting Championships & 4th FAI World Canopy Piloting Freestyle in Pretoria, South Africa, during the last week of September featured an ...

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Jessica Edgeington became obsessed with skydiving when her parents bought her a jump for her 18th birthday. Now 32, the Virginia resident has made more than 6,000 jumps and is ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Sept. 5, 2008) - The U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, pulled off a sweep of the Canopy Piloting Competition during the 2008 Swoop Week Championship ...

FORT BRAGG, NC-The U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights pulled off a CPC sweep during the 2008 Swoop Week Championship event in Longmont Colorado. Team members Sergeant Major Michael Eitniear, ...

The fastest completion of a 70-m canopy piloting course is 1.943 seconds, achieved by Mario Fattoruso (Italy) on 23 November 2019 at the 10th FAI World Cup of Canopy Piloting 2019 in Pretoria, South ...