{"id":35709,"date":"2021-07-30T11:52:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=35709"},"modified":"2022-11-25T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T15:44:22","slug":"rsl-vs-skyhook-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/rsl-vs-skyhook-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RSL vs SKYHOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Axis Flight School interview Greg Rau, who shows exactly how a standard RSL and Skyhook operate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RSL vs  SKYHOOK | Interview with Greg Rau\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b2O1Dp8LI4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" 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