{"id":58644,"date":"2025-03-28T15:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=58644"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:20:18","slug":"flockmasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Flockmasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-kid-on-the-flock\">New Kid on the Flock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DeLand, Florida \u2014 a DZ I hadn\u2019t jumped at since training for the 2003 World Meet from the Porter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A slightly different discipline this time, but still on camera duty for Pete Allum and the <a href=\"https:\/\/flight-1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flight-1<\/a> event Flockmasters. This Canopy Flocking camp in March 2025 brought together an excellent team of experienced canopy pilots and a smaller group of newer canopy pilots to fly canopies together.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flockmasters light group was looked after by Jason Dicenzo and Phil Webley, both Flight-1 instructors, while the high-wingloading groups were with Pete Allum and Jesse Weyher, filmed and photographed by myself and Johnathan Marsh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Flockmasters_Group-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Flockmasters_Group-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Flockmasters_Group-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Flockmasters_Group-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Flockmasters_Group-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flockmasters Group at DeLand \u2013&nbsp;Photo by Andy Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Switching between groups gave us time to assess speed and wingloading for the most comfortable filming, as the group ranged from 2.4 to 2.8 wingloading and included various sizes and types of canopies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was a huge success, with three days of glorious weather, moderate winds, and blue skies \u2014 as the images attest. All participants made 15 jumps, ranging from 9-way to 18-way, with some beautiful flying from everyone involved. From flying static formations with impressive symmetry to more dynamic lines with crossovers and flypasts each jump tested the participants canopy skills and mental acuity to fly close proximity safely within the 5-minute timeframe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flocks used both Bluetooth in-air communication and in-air signals for transitions. A thorough walkthrough and post-jump debrief allowed for the successful execution of all jumps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch out for another <a href=\"https:\/\/flight-1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flight-1<\/a> flocking event soon\u2014whatever your current level of experience, the team has got you covered.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"h-words-and-images-andy-ford\"><em>Words and images: Andy Ford<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flockmasters-photo-gallery\"><em>Flockmasters Photo Gallery <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-uagb-image-gallery uagb-block-94541dd7     \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery spectra-image-gallery__layout--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-slick-carousel uagb-block-94541dd7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58657'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09705-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09705-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09705-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58656'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09767-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09767-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09767-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58655'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09139-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09139-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09139-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58654'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09070-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09070-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09070-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58653'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09702-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09702-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x683.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09702-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58652'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09452-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09452-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09452-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58651'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09595_1-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09595_1-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09595_1-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58650'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09386-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09386-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09386-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58649'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09007-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09007-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09007-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58648'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09673-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09673-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09673-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58647'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09018-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09018-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09018-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper' data-spectra-gallery-image-id='58646'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media spectra-image-gallery__media--carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09079-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09079-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x768.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail--carousel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A_F09079-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-blurrer\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper spectra-image-gallery__media-thumbnail-caption-wrapper--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Configure your Spectra Image Gallery -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flockmasters-video\"><em>Flockmasters Video<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage and edit by Andy Ford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flockmasters\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1070003428?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"sfsi_plus_widget sfsi_plus_shortcode_container\"><div id=\"sfsi_plus_wDiv\"><\/div><div class=\"sfsiplus_norm_row sfsi_plus_wDiv\"  style=\"width:260px;text-align:left;position:absolute;\"><div style='width:60px;height:auto;margin-left:2.5px;margin-right:2.5px;margin-bottom:25px;transform: none !important;' class='sfsi_premium_wicons shuffeldiv sfsi_premium_tooltip_align_automatic ' ><div style='line-height:0;' class='sfsiplus_inerCnt' data-othericoneffect=''><a class=' sficn  sciconfront ' data-effect=''   href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/'  style='opacity:1;height: 60px;width: 60px;' ><img nopin=nopin alt='' title='' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/icons_theme\/chrome_grey\/chrome_grey_fb.png' height='60' width='60' style='' class='sfcm sfsi_premium_wicon' data-effect='' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style='width:60px;height:auto;margin-left:2.5px;margin-right:2.5px;margin-bottom:25px;transform: none !important;' class='sfsi_premium_wicons shuffeldiv sfsi_premium_tooltip_align_automatic ' ><div style='line-height:0;' class='sfsiplus_inerCnt' data-othericoneffect=''><a class=' sficn  sciconfront '  data-effect='' href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/post?text=Skydivemag+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skydivemag.com%2Fnew%2Fflockmasters%2F+%23goodread+%40skydivemag&url='  style='opacity:1;height: 60px;width: 60px;'   ><img nopin=nopin alt='' title='' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/icons_theme\/chrome_grey\/chrome_grey_twitter.png' height='60' width='60' style='' class='sfcm sfsi_premium_wicon sfsi_premium_twitter_icon' data-effect='' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style='width:60px;height:auto;margin-left:2.5px;margin-right:2.5px;margin-bottom:25px;transform: none !important;' class='sfsi_premium_wicons shuffeldiv sfsi_premium_tooltip_align_automatic ' ><div style='line-height:0;' class='sfsiplus_inerCnt' data-othericoneffect=''><a class=' sficn  sciconfront '  data-effect='' href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skydivemag\/'  style='opacity:1;height: 60px;width: 60px;'   ><img nopin=nopin alt='Visit Us' title='Visit Us' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/icons_theme\/chrome_grey\/chrome_grey_instagram.png' height='60' width='60' style='' class='sfcm sfsi_premium_wicon sfsi_premium_instagram_icon' data-effect='' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style='width:60px;height:auto;margin-left:2.5px;margin-right:2.5px;margin-bottom:25px;transform: none !important;' class='sfsi_premium_wicons shuffeldiv sfsi_premium_tooltip_align_automatic ' ><div style='line-height:0;' class='sfsiplus_inerCnt' data-othericoneffect=''><a class=' sficn  sciconfront '  data-effect='' href=''  style='opacity:1;height: 60px;width: 60px;'   ><img nopin=nopin alt='' title='' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/icons_theme\/chrome_grey\/chrome_grey_fbmessenger.png' height='60' width='60' style='' class='sfcm sfsi_premium_wicon sfsi_premium_fbmessenger_icon' data-effect='' \/><\/a><div id=\"sfsiplusid_fbmessenger\" class=\"sfsi_plus_tool_tip_2 sfsi_premium_tooltip_automatic sfsi_plus_fbmessenger_tool_bdr sfsi_plus_Tlleft\" style=\"display:block;background:#FFF; border:1px solid #e7e7e7; opacity:0;z-index:-1;\"><span class=\"bot_arow bot_rss_arow\"><\/span><div class=\"sfsi_plus_inside\"><div class='icon1'><a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag\/'  ><img class='sfsi_premium_wicon' nopin=nopin alt='' title='' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/visit_icons\/fbmessenger.svg' \/><\/a><\/div><div class='icon2'><a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/send?app_id=3192187204128625&display=popup&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skydivemag.com%2Fnew%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F58644\/&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skydivemag.com%2Fnew%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F58644\/'  ><img class='sfsi_premium_wicon' nopin=nopin alt='' title='' src='https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/Ultimate-Premium-Plugin\/images\/share_icons\/fbmessenger.svg' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"sfsi_holder\" class=\"sfsi_plus_holders\" style=\"position: relative; float: left;width:100%;z-index:-1;\"><\/div ><script>if(\"undefined\" !== typeof jQuery && null!= jQuery){\n    setTimeout(function() {\njQuery(\".sfsi_plus_widget\").each(function( index ) {\n\t\tif(jQuery(this).attr(\"data-position\") == \"widget\")\n\t\t{\n\t\t\tvar wdgt_hght = jQuery(this).children(\".sfsiplus_norm_row.sfsi_plus_wDiv\").height();\n\t\t\tvar title_hght = jQuery(this).parent(\".widget.sfsi_plus\").children(\".widget-title\").height();\n\t\t\tvar totl_hght = parseInt( title_hght ) + parseInt( wdgt_hght );\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).parent(\".widget.sfsi_plus\").css(\"min-height\", totl_hght+\"px\");\n\t\t}\n\t})    },5000    );}<\/script><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><!-- Flight-1 Supersize Flocking generic [async] --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\"; s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js'; var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {};\nAdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\nvar plc576819 = window.plc576819 || 0;\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_576819_'+plc576819+'\"><\/'+'div>');\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(175942, 576819, [860,484], 'placement_576819_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc576819++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click: 'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!-- PD Supersize  [async] --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\"; s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js'; var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {};\nAdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\nvar plc356722 = window.plc356722 || 0;\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_356722_'+plc356722+'\"><\/'+'div>');\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(175942, 356722, [860,484], 'placement_356722_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc356722++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click: 'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!-- Sun Path Odyssey Large Leaderboard [async] --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\"; s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js'; var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {};\nAdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\nvar plc356875 = window.plc356875 || 0;\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_356875_'+plc356875+'\"><\/'+'div>');\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(175942, 356875, [860,248], 'placement_356875_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc356875++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click: 'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Kids on the Flock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":58645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[59,11829],"class_list":["post-58644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experienced-skydiver-parachutist","tag-flight-1","tag-flocking","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flockmasters - Skydivemag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flockmasters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Kids on the Flock...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Skydivemag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"968\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Ford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Ford\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andy Ford\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/670e04451e1a1ee83c4cb54a9f697f1b\"},\"headline\":\"Flockmasters\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Flight-1\",\"Flocking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Experienced Skydiver\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\",\"name\":\"Flockmasters - Skydivemag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg\",\"width\":1720,\"height\":968,\"caption\":\"Flockmasters event by Flight-1 \u2013 photo by Andy Ford\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Flockmasters\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/\",\"name\":\"Skydive Mag\",\"description\":\"Skydiving and BASE jumping information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Skydive Mag Limited\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png\",\"width\":1121,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"Skydive Mag Limited\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skydivemag\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/670e04451e1a1ee83c4cb54a9f697f1b\",\"name\":\"Andy Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89c403b795d4528ef289f844465fec86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89c403b795d4528ef289f844465fec86?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Ford\"},\"description\":\"Aerial camera-flyer\/photographer 37 years jumping 20,000 Skydives Andy is supported by Sun Path and Performance Designs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/author\/andy-ford\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Flockmasters - Skydivemag","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Flockmasters","og_description":"New Kids on the Flock...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/","og_site_name":"Skydivemag","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag","article_published_time":"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1720,"height":968,"url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Ford","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Ford","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/"},"author":{"name":"Andy Ford","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/670e04451e1a1ee83c4cb54a9f697f1b"},"headline":"Flockmasters","datePublished":"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/"},"wordCount":289,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg","keywords":["Flight-1","Flocking"],"articleSection":["Experienced Skydiver"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/","name":"Flockmasters - Skydivemag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-28T15:37:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-31T11:20:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg","width":1720,"height":968,"caption":"Flockmasters event by Flight-1 \u2013 photo by Andy Ford"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/flockmasters\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flockmasters"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/","name":"Skydive Mag","description":"Skydiving and BASE jumping information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization","name":"Skydive Mag Limited","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png","width":1121,"height":148,"caption":"Skydive Mag Limited"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skydivemag"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/670e04451e1a1ee83c4cb54a9f697f1b","name":"Andy Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89c403b795d4528ef289f844465fec86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/89c403b795d4528ef289f844465fec86?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Ford"},"description":"Aerial camera-flyer\/photographer 37 years jumping 20,000 Skydives Andy is supported by Sun Path and Performance Designs","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/author\/andy-ford\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg",1720,968,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg",1720,968,false],"homepage-slider":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford.jpg",1720,968,false],"single-post-picker":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Feature-Image-A_F09390-Flocking-Flight-1-Andy-Ford-480x269.jpg",480,269,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Andy Ford","author_link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/author\/andy-ford\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"New Kids on the Flock","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58644"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58723,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644\/revisions\/58723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}