posted Mar 9th, 2019 - The author of the recent TURNING POINTS column for BLUE SKIES MAG used the German national 4-way team FSZ Saar Airbus as an example for different meet conditions for teams in 14-foot flying chambers. The French national team in 4-way Women was the opposite example for more available moving space.

All four members of the former French world champion lineup are currently in action at the French Indoor Nationals in three different teams, and the NSL News will go back to this event with more details very soon.

The new Airbus lineup will be tested at the German Indoor Nationals at the end of this month, where a new team is probably the favorite for winning the indoor championships, at least according to the prediction in the TURNING POINTS column. It's the German indoor team Airfource that surprised and impressed the 4-way indoor world with a 25.6 average as a guest team at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018.

Three of the team members (Elischa Weber, Stefan Wiesner, Christian Kautzmann) train and compete with the German military forces in several different disciplines. Elischa Weber is also a military world champion in the traditional style event. Fourth member Chris Schafer is a former German 4-way and 8-way champion with Airbus.

Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		16,G,K,Q	D,20,H,3	2,9,P	5,19,7	22,10,8	B,21,6	L,18,A,N	J,14,C,17	12,F,15	M,O,E,11	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	35	39	32	21	31	35	31	30	43	337	33.7
2	Weembi Legion	FR	36	25	31	27	19	24	30	29	24	35	280	28.0
3	ISR FireFlash	BE	34	25	31	24	18	26	30	26	22	36	272	27.2
4	Airfource	DE	32	17	28	24	18	26	25	27	21	38	256	25.6
5	Team X	SE	28	23	26	20	16	24	24	22	21	29	233	23.3
6	JETMAX	BE	23	21	22	21	15	22	23	21	20	28	216	21.6
7	Out of the Blue Project 20+	NL	23	19	23	20	15	21	22	21	18	27	209	20.9
8	Voss Vind Girls	NO	21	20	21	19	15	19	20	19	17	29	200	20.0
9	Alakran	ES	19	19	22	19	15	16	21	19	17	30	197	19.7
10	Amnesya Academy	IT	17	15	19	19	14	16	20	19	20	28	187	18.7
11	Falco	BE	18	16	19	16	12	18	12	15	15	22	163	16.3
12	Crash Test Dummies	BE	21	11	16	13	10	17	15	14	15	24	156	15.6
13	Gravity Abuse	BE	13	13	16	14	10	14	15	14	14	17	140	14.0

NMP PCH HayaBusa and German Airfource at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018

The German military forces of the "Sportgruppe Heer" recently held a training camp at the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales. Two members of the CISM 4-way team, Elischa Weber and Stefan Wiesner, were training in the other military parachuting disciplines while waiting for their team mates in the CISM lineup, including third Airfource member Christian Kautzmann.

The NSL News used the opportunity for a visit in Lake Wales, where Betty Kabellar is still running the skydiving operation, with Billy Bradshaw in the rigging loft and shop. Both go back to the earliest days at the Zephyrhills and Phoenix Skydiving Center.

Elischa Weber and Stefan Wiesner were done with their military training when the NSL News visited, and they were getting ready for a fun jump to celebrate Elischa Weber's 6000th jump.

They took some time at the end of the day to talk about their military and civilian 4-way projects, which have included their regular competitions with NMP PCH HayaBusa, who are the reigning FAI 4-way indoor and outdoor world champions and the CISM world champions at the same time. There is a good chance that the three Germans soldiers will meet the Belgians for the first time at an FAI world championship, as well, if they win the German indoor qualification this month.

CISM 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Men	M,3,F,E	M,J,M,2	M,8,N,B	M,1,Q,D	M,H,G,4	M,P,A,6	M,7,O,C	M,L,K,5	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	38	38(-1)	37	38	32(-4)	34	32	32(-2)	281	35.1
2	Qatar Tigers	32	34(-1)	32	31	30	33	24	26(-1)	242	30.3
3	Germany	27	34	26	31	26	30	25	25	224	28.0
4	Czech Republic	27	30	29	26	29	28	25	26	220	27.5
5	Spain	27	20	26	27	24	28	22	20	194	24.3
6	Russia	20	22	22	24	22	25	18	19	172	21.5