Editing Freeflying (section)

== Records ==
The world's largest vertical (head down) formation took place on Friday, 31 July 2015, when a multinational team of 164 skydivers, some traveling at speeds of over 200&nbsp;mph, linked over Skydive Chicago,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skydive Chicago – World Class Skydiving Resort |url=https://skydivechicago.com/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Ottawa, Illinois]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2015/07/31/164-skydivers-set-head-down-world-record-in-illinois |title=164 skydivers smash head-down world record in Illinois, some hitting speeds exceeding 200mph |date=July 31, 2015 |publisher=[[US News]] |author=Andrea Thomas}}</ref> This broke the previous record of 138 linked skydivers set on Saturday, 4 August 2012 also at Skydive Chicago.

[[Marc Hauser (skydiver)|Marc Hauser]] set the world record for the fastest horizontal free fall at 304&nbsp;km/h in Empuriabrava, Spain without specialized equipment, in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bielertagblatt.ch/nachrichten/unterhaltung/geschwindigkeits-weltrekord-im-fallschirmspringen| publisher=Bieler Tagblatt| date=September 10, 2012| title=Speed record in skydiving | access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref>

In 2022, skydivers from twenty-two different countries set a new all-female head-down world record with 80 free flyers in formation over Eloy USA.  The first attempt at the record jump was scheduled to happen in 2020, the 100th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote, but was postponed due to the [[covid pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/20/women-skydivers-attempt-world-record/10711122002/ USA Today - Group of 100+ skydivers to attempt world-record jump in celebration of women's rights], retrieved 6 Jan 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.abc15.com/news/uplifting-arizona/all-women-sky-diving-group-sets-new-world-record USA Today - All women sky diving group sets new world record], retrieved 6 Jan 2023</ref>