The city of Ferrara was the scene of an undertaking that will remain in the history of skydiving and Italian national pride. Colonel Paolo Filippini, a retired officer of the Folgore and multiple world skydiving champion, set a new record by jumping with the largest Italian flag ever seen in flight: 3,300 square meters, equal to […]
Saturday 12 April will be a date destined to go down in the history of parachuting. At the Aeroclub of Ferrara, also home to the Ferrara Parachute School, a spectacular event will be staged: the launch of the largest flag ever flown by a parachutist, a good 3300 square metres of Italian tricolour. Attempting the feat will be Paolo Filippini, [...]
Recently, the Spanish press enthusiastically celebrated the world record set by the Patrulla Acrobática Paracaidista del Ejército del Aire (Papea), who performed a 1,350 square metre flag jump. This event aroused admiration and pride, but there is one key detail that was overlooked: the real world record holder [...].
