{"id":45618,"date":"2023-06-13T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=45618"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:58:40","slug":"basic-flying-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/basic-flying-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Flying Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#efefb0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Mason Corby discusses the principles of human flight<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mason Corby of Downunder Dynamics on the physics of flying \u2013 from where you can expect your burble to the differences between states of the body while flying. 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