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The First School of Modern SkyFlying was founded in 1994 by the 'Father of FreeFly'
Olav Zipser Olav Zipser (born 12 March 1966, Simmern, West Germany) is a Sports Emmy Award winning professional skydiver. Zipser launched the freeflying movement of the early 1990s when he began experimenting with non-traditional forms of body flight. Sin ...
with the objective of researching, documenting, developing, teaching, training, and pushing the envelope of human flight capability, with an emphasis on
Freeflying Freeflying is a skydiving discipline which began in the late 1980s, involving freefalling in various vertical orientations, as opposed to the traditional "belly-to-earth" orientation. The discipline is known to have originated when Olav Zipser bega ...
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Atmosphere Dolphin FreeFly License Program

Main article
Space Games Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually conside ...
Following the FAA guidelines of Drop Test Approved Areas, The First School of Modern SkyFlying developed and documented the Atmosphere Dolphin FreeFly License Program, and set a standard for training and testing freeflyers worldwide. The Atmosphere Dolphin FreeFly License Program utilises a measuring stick in the form of an independent reference (known as a Space Ball) to give a consistent worldwide standard for speed (155 mph) and direction (straight down). High speed precision athletes are required to perform predetermined aerobatic maneuvers around at first one, then two Space Balls to be awarded Atmosphere Dolphin FreeFly Licenses A to D. To compete in the one-on-one rounds of the
Space Games Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually conside ...
participants need to have a minimum of Atmosphere Dolphin License A, and to compete in the PRO rounds of the Space Games, participants need to have a minimum of Atmosphere Dolphin License B.


Atmosphere Dolphins (AD)

As of September 2012 a total of 410 freeflyers from 32 nations have been awarded the Atmosphere Dolphin A Rating (AD-A), 32 freeflyers the AD-B License, 18 freeflyers the AD-C License, and four freeflyers the AD-D License -
Olav Zipser Olav Zipser (born 12 March 1966, Simmern, West Germany) is a Sports Emmy Award winning professional skydiver. Zipser launched the freeflying movement of the early 1990s when he began experimenting with non-traditional forms of body flight. Sin ...
AD"D"1 (Germany), Mike Swanson AD"D"2 (USA), Steve Utter AD"D"3 (USA), and Giancarlo Trimarchi AD"D"4 (Venezuela). Atmosphere Dolphins Olav Zipser
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Olav Zipser Olav Zipser (born 12 March 1966, Simmern, West Germany) is a Sports Emmy Award winning professional skydiver. Zipser launched the freeflying movement of the early 1990s when he began experimenting with non-traditional forms of body flight. Sin ...
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Freeflying Freeflying is a skydiving discipline which began in the late 1980s, involving freefalling in various vertical orientations, as opposed to the traditional "belly-to-earth" orientation. The discipline is known to have originated when Olav Zipser bega ...
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Space Games Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually conside ...


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First School of Modern SkyFlying Olav Zipser
retrieved 11 Sep 2012
Atmosphere Dolphin Test Video
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