Vertical Formation Skydiving
Vertical formation skydiving (VFS) is the art of building formations in free-fall with multiple people gripping each other's limbs or specially built "grippers" on their jumpsuits (like formation skydiving), while using high-speed body positions normally associated with freeflying. Also called "vertical relative work" or simply "VRW".
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) world record for the largest VFS free-fall formation is a 108-way, set on July 31, 2009 over Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Project Horizon, the Lodi Sequentials, VFS Arizona and several other yearly invitational skydiving events are centered around pushing the boundaries of VFS.
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