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==Vertical Formation Skydiving==

'''Vertical formation skydiving (VFS)''' is a subcategory of [[formation skydiving]] using high-speed body positions normally associated with free flying. Competitors build pre-selected formations in [[free-fall]] with multiple people gripping each other's limbs or specially built "grippers" on their jumpsuits.

The [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) world record for the largest VFS [[free-fall]] formation is a 164-way, set on July 31, 2015 over [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20150731184538/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9e4173d18bfe4a33b4d6ee677a3b00e2/164-skydivers-set-head-down-world-record-illinois]

Project Horizon, the Lodi Sequentials, VFS Arizona, and several other yearly invitational [[skydiving]] events are centered on pushing the boundaries of VFS.

=== Competition ===

There is only one category of official VFS competition, that being VFS 4-way, which is part of the [[United States Parachute Association]] Skydiving Nationals. The first official VFS 4-Way US Nationals Competition was held on October 27, 2006, in Eloy, Arizona.  Nine teams (45 skydivers) competed.

VFS 4-way has been adopted as an addition to future FAI world competitions (as VFS 4-way), the first being the FAI World Cup in Eloy, AZ, in October 2008.