FreeFly™ Program Developing The Art of Human Flight © OLAV ZIPSER'S FIRST SCHOOL OF MODERN SKYFLYING LLC.

The Atmosphere Dolphin licence is the first human flight performance test offering the possibility to freefly next to a 'measuring stick' space ball. The spaceball travels in perfect freefall, straight down and always at exactly 155mph. This enables the freeflyer to learn the worldwide standard set fourth by The First School of Modern Skyflying next to the spaceball. Training to freefly in control with this meausering device enables freeflyers to test their minimum freefly skill requirements which will prepare the individual freeflyer to fly safely with other licensed freeflyers.

Atmosphere Dolphin Test "A"

Atmosphere Dolphin Test "B"

Atmosphere Dolphin Test "C"

Atmosphere Dolphin Test "D"

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN TEST "A"

* Good communication with the aircraft pilot for proper spotting over an uninhabited area, proper wind drift calculations, as well as checking for the presence of possible clouds, the Freefly™ Instructor releases the space-ball from an altitude of 13,500ft, which travels at 155 mph straight down. The testee is free to choose his/her exit position.

*The testee dives after (not before) the space ball leaves the hand of the instructor and retrieves it.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control).

* Testee performs a full 360 rotation around one of the 3 possible axis (x, y, z), it’s up to the testee to choose around which axis to perform the 360 Rotation.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control).

* Testee performs a full 360 rotation around one of the 3 possible axis (x, y, z), it’s up to the testee to choose around which axis to perform the 360 Rotation. (different from the first choice).

*Testee retrieves the space-ball before 6000 ft, puts it in the left hand and pulls between 4000 and 3500 ft AGL to allow extra time in case of an emergency situation.

*The Freefly™ Instructor is allowed to retrieve the space-ball at any time for any safety reason. In this case, the test will be considered as incomplete.

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ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN LICENSE "A" HOLDERS

1 Olav Zipser 2 Charles Bryan 3 Adrian Nicholas
4 Mike Vail 5 Omar Alhegelan 6 Mike Ortiz
7 Eli Thompson 8 Jon De Vore 9 Kei Nizuma
10 Dave Donnelly 11 Ron Noffz 12 Stefania Martinengo
13 Stephanie Greathouse 14 Mike Swanson 15 Filippo Fabbi
16 Sean Mac Cormac 17 Friz Pfunr 18 Knut Krecker
19 Marco Tiezzi 20 ©Grabiele Dassori© 21 Roberto Gloria
22 Bob Cusp 23 Colon Berry 24 Rob Romey
25 Frank Le: Poole 26 Ale Mooney 27 Ed Mace
28 Tim Mattson 29 Brad Chatellier 30 Giovanni Mooney
31 Joshua Bachelor 32 Yossi Bar 33 Matthew Griffins
34 John Matthews 35 ©Bob Neily © 36 Saleh R. Alharbi
37 Orly King 38 Simone Pollera 39 Sven Zimmermann
40 Thomas Mc Dow 41 Matt Muller 42 Maxwell D. Cohn
43 John Mason 44 John Hawthorn 45 Steve Rivera
46 Mike Kleist 47 Stefan Fardel 48 Pasquale Lenoore
49 Alex Mecock 50 Mike Michigan 51 Mark Swarbrick
52 Christoph Keimel 53 Tony Bissel 54 Elliot James Clarke
55 Sebastian Merian 56 Kioshi Ogino 57 Malie" Zoe
58 Julien Branet 59 Alessandro Iodice 60 Leigh Carr
61 Stuwart Mecock 62 Kevin Sabarese 63 Joe Hopkins
64 ©Mauro Tannino© 65 Lorenzo Martinis 66 Jay Humphries
67 Glen Newman 68 Tim Miller 69 Tony Urgallo
70 Rob Weltz 71 Andrew Staich 72 Bruce Graybill
73 Chris Lynch 74 Steve Utter 75 Jason Aubin
76 Larry Kerschenbaum 77 Tim Koranda 78 ©Brad Slager©
79 Matt Nelson 80 Mark Doolittle 81 Dave Major
82 Tim Strauss 83 Russ Wylie 84 Jim O' Riely
85 Jimmi Pouchert 86 Danny Davis 87 Colleen Melone
88 Dave Padyjasek 89 Brian Germain 90 JC John Colclasure
91 Rob Herrick 92 Wendy Smith 93 Jason Jerusalem
94 Gordon Craig 95 Erwin Baatenburg 96 Gareth Pollock
97 Thomas Balzer 98 Francisco Neri 99 Larry Sproch
100 Nico Giavarini 101 Tommi Hietanen 102 Jeff Calesa
103 Riccardo Giandoso 104 Billy Calhoun 105 Frank Marsini
106 Kenny Cosgrove 107 John De Wigs 108 Boaz Goren
109 Ralf Brombach 110 Brad Martin 111 Eric Fradet
112 Rick Langsford 113 Jason M Powell 114 Craig Floyd
115 Martin Skrzypczak 116 Thomas Morrison 117 Janine Hill
118 John Shoffner 119 Talylon Starr 120 Markus Heggli
121 Brian Genereux 122 Vittoria Caldiera 123 Davide Zanni
124 Rob Silver 125 Robert Corsaut 126 Stan Gray
127 Carlos Vilches 128 Ace Buhr 129 Johnny Winkelkotter
130 John Skinner 131 Johnny Cangelosi 132 Libby Smith
133 Ray Murphy 134 Nathan Gilbert 135 Jaakko Kurrikka
136 Teppo Heikkinen 137 Niilo"Nipa" Ahola 138 Julien Vahanian
139 Schuck Frank 140 Frank Tasler 141 David Luc
142 Nenet Frederic 143 Timothy Wardinski 144 Micheal Sandner
145 Michel Jung 146 Mariano Schiaretti 147 Schneider Leo
148 Pattis Philip 149 Pablo Gimenez 150 Spencer Boileau
151 Scott Perkins 152 Tony Morral 153 Ramsey Kent
154 Joe Josephs 155 Deven Cruson 156 John Vaughan
157 Goran Lazarovski 158 Brian Buckland 159 Dan Vanlandschoot
160 Keith Smith 161 Todd Dibell 162 Boris Nebe
163 Jon King 164 Emmanuelle Celicout 165 Alfonso Iodice
166 Morgan Lane 167 Mike Pantall 168 David Brown
169 David Swanson 170 Artur Soares Almeida 171 Augusto Soares Almeida
172 Joonas Rautalin 173 Mico Ribeiro 174 Alberto Solino
175 Alejandro Ramos 176 Marco Casalini 177 Sean Simon
178 Luca Arpaja 179 Charles Milani 180 Ian Brown
181 Jeff Mullins 182 David Colucci 183 Marc Qui
184 Chris Hayes 185 Ben Rand 186 Erik Davis
187 John Randolph 188 Dale Michael 189 Benji Rogers
190 Toraji Fukuda 191 Mark Norman 192 Dave Nimmo
193 Reto Mueller 194 Stefano Spinelli 195 Manuel Basso
196 Robert Smith 197 Bryan Moffett 198 Navel Carthlige
199 Davide Monzeglio 200 Blane Muler 201 Risto Tapio Konvalainen
202 Pasi Riikonen 203 Louis Devaleit 204 Marco Antolini
205 Lucas Georgiou 206 Dave Cole 207 Luis Alfredo Lopez Mendez
208 Martin Solowiej 209 Orlando San Miguel 210 Dan Lessin
211 Giancarlo Trimarchi 212 Fredrik Erlandsson 213 Jonathan Hoires
214 Rub Christian 215 Charles Davalos 216 Chris Fiala
217 Daniel Pasin 218 Brian Britton 219 Mark Kissner
220 Jimmy Tranter 221 Steve Marks 222 Junior Silva
223 Steve Blincoe 224 Edoardo Mantelli 225 Evan Wexler
226 Fabian Binggeli 227 Adam Rosen 228 Yannick Langevin
229 Bill Hughes 230 Joey Costa 231 Asaf Fishelson
232 Francisco Rivera 233 Alexander Zohmann 234 Hanne Skancke Svensson
235 Paul Farrell 236 Christof Schwarzkopf 237 Gino Barcal
238 Martin Hoffmann 239 Maximiliano Caceres 240 Ignacio Gavaldon
241 Darin Quaile 242 Yasuhiro Kubo 243 Joel Mullins
244 Elise Schillmolle 245 Anselmo Marangoni 246 Peter Matos
247 Ami Chemelecki 248 Boel Janerus 249 Sofie Lantto
250 Alex Sangue Adelmann 251 Claudio Knippel 252 Fabio Alvin Brandt
253 Jim Romesburg 254 James Flaherty 255 John Klueg
256 Judson Symmes 257 Thomas Hughes 258 Kyle Starck
259 Raffaele Chierichetti 260 Michael Gentry 261 Yoko Okazaki
262 Michael Meehan 263 Paolo Cordone 264 Hector Flores
265 John Crowell 266 Steven Robertson 267 Ricardo Uribe
268 Bryan Chase 269 Kyle Jones 270 Tracy Elliott
271 Carlos Briceno 272 Sara Commander 273 David Wall
274 Stephen Lee 275 Craig Girard 276 Luis Prinetto
277 Christian Magallanes 278 Hunter Roberts 279 Dan Mathie
280 David Lunardi 281 Christopher Combs 282 Joseph Lunardi
283 Dave Lepka 284 Alex Allen 285 Luther Kurtz
286 Peter Svitak 287 Missy Nelson 288 Daniel Parker
289 Trevor Hill 290 Mike Wittenburg 291 Frederick Nel
292 Dereck Griffin 293 Paul Rademacher 294 Tony Antonivich
295 Chris McNaughton 296 Derek Landry 297 Paolo Di Fino
298 Creg Chopiuk 299 Ray Jopowicz 300 ©Roger Nelson©
301 TJ Landgren 302 Fabio Ramella 303 Richard Ellrich
304 Luis Adolfo Lopez Méndez 305 Nelson W. Perez 306 Javier Granado
307 Andre Boudrigs 308 Ron Furtah 309 Dan Labelle
310 Alain Nadeau 311 Christopher R. Ware 312 A. J. Pen
313 Craig Saucier 314 Jarvela Teemu 315 Frohmund Burger
316 Dmitri Tergoev 317 Steve Curtis 318 Marc Bachmann
319 Meredoni Adriano 320 Allen Williams 321 Massera Francesco
322 Andre' Hofmann 323 Jorn Neefe 324 Glen Cannon
325 Brent Henderson 326 John Zuliani 327 Stefano Donnini
328 Jason Moses 329 Lawi Rami 330 Scott Fittz
331 Mario Biber 332 Juliana Se 333 Fabian Raidel
334 Ralf Shoenenberg 335 Stephen Boyd 336 James Olaciregui
337 Jed Lloyd 338 Trent Alkek 339 Martin Reynolds
340 Kevin Kuhns 341 Joel 342 Philippe Thibodeau
343 Akos Schenek 344 Zalman Lekach 345 Bruno Magnin
346 Brad Hunt 347 Ferdinando Villano 348 Antonio Terracciano
349 Clint Leighton 350 Matthew Oriordan 351 Niko Kiviniemi
352 Rob Heron 353 Guenther Staudner 354 Atsushi Yamanaka
355 Bjoern Weber 356 Ziv Cokhva 357 Slawek Doniecki
358 Frank Hagenaars 359 Gregory Allan Compton 360 Dimitry Sorvanov
361 Vladislav Stepanichtchev 362 Rainer Schobries 363 Dimitry Kozin
364 Alexey Alexandrovich Martinov 365 Konstantin Leonidovich Makarenko 366 Maxim Bytchkov
367 Paolo Fogazzi 368 Vasily Rodin 369 Christopher Diggins
370 Tony Caprides 371 Ivan Colella 372 Andrea Damasio
373 Pellacani Lucio 374 Adriano ( Conte) Verzeletti 375 Francesco Bonaldi
376 Jamie Lyver 377 Juergen Fischer 378 Thomas Mueller
379 Max Haim 380 Simone Becchetti 381 Mike Carpenter
382 Andy Newell 383 Andrew Bain 384 Alessandro Scuotto
385 Daniel R. Manners 386 Martin Dienst 387 Cathy Bouette
388 Piers Roberts 389 Chris Cosgrove 390 Ryan Mair
391 Jim Harris 392 Vladimir Rincon 393 Alberto Feo
394 Stuart Piper 395 Kevin Magill 396 Sandro Andreotti
397 Massimo Fiorini 398 Daniel Jung 399 Alexey Bukleev

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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN TEST "B"

* Minimum requirement to attempt the AD ‘B’ Test is to have previously passed the AD ‘A’ Test

* Good communication with the aircraft pilot for proper spotting over an uninhabited area, proper wind drift calculations, as well as checking for the presence of possible clouds, the Freefly™ Instructor releases the space-ball from an altitude of 13,500ft, which travels at 155 mph straight down. The testee is free to choose his/her exit position.

*The testee dives after (not before) the space ball leaves the hand of the instructor and retrieves it.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 turn around the vertical axis (y), testee may choose to rotate either to the left or the right.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 rotation around the horizontal axis (x). Testee may choose to perform a back or a front flip.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 rotation around the side axis (z), testee may choose to perform a left or right weed eater.

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 turn around the vertical axis (y), testee must perform in the opposite direction of the first turn performed (if first turn was to the right this turn needs to be to the left).

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 rotation around the horizontal axis (x), testee must perform the loop in the opposite direction of the first loop performed (if first loop was a front loop this one needs to be a back loop).

*The testee passes the spaceball from one hand to the other and then releases it back into space (shows individual upper body control)

*Testee performs a full 360 weedeater/cartwheel around the side axis (z), testee has to perform the weedeater/cartwheel in the opposite direction of the first weedeater performed (if first weedeater was to the right this one needs to be to the left)

*Testee retrieves the space-ball before 6000/5500 ft AGL, puts it in the left hand and pulls between 4000 ft and 3500 ft AGL, to allow extra time in case of emergency. Freefly™ Instructor is allowed to retrieve the space ball at any time for any safety reason. In this case the test will be considered as incomplete.

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ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN LICENSE "B" HOLDERS

1 Olav Zipser 2 John Matthews 3 Ed Mace
4 Rook Nelson 5 Colon Berry 6 Mike Swanson
7 Mike Ortiz 8 Jeff Calesa 9 Steve Utter
10 Stefania Martinengo 11 Filippo Fabbi 12 Bruce Graybill
13 Mauro Tannino 14 Max Cohn 15 Jason Jerusalem
16 Jim O'Riely 17 Francisco Neri 18 Nathan Gilbert
19 John Shoffner 20 Janine Hill 21 Russ Wylie.
22 Goran Lazarovski 23 David Brown 24 Alejandro Ramos
25 Giancarlo Trimarchi 26 TJ Landgren 27 Manuel Basso
28 Mike Wittenburg 29 Lorenzo Martinis 30 Luis Prineto
31 Vladislav Stepanishchev 32 Dimitry Sorvanov

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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN TEST "C"

* Minimum requirement to attempt the AD ‘C’ Test is to have previously passed the AD ‘B’ Test

* Good communication with the aircraft pilot for proper spotting over an uninhabited area, proper wind drift calculations, as well as checking for the presence of possible clouds. The testee is free to choose his/her exit position. Both Freefly™ Instructors, primary spaceball master and secondary spaceball master, will exit the aircraft at the same time as the testee and will document on video every step of the testee’s performance.

* Testee exits the aircraft at approximately 13500 ft. AGL with one space ball in each hand. The 2 space balls will have 2 different colors: for example one is white and one is yellow

* Testee releases one of the 2 space balls into space then places the other spaceball next to the first one previously released, on level, within its grabbing distance; or may release both space balls simultaneously one next to the other at grabbing distance. Primary space ball master will stay on level with the white space ball at appropriate distance, secondary space ball master stays on level following the movement of the yellow space ball, at appropriate distance.

* Testee performs a 360 turn around the vertical axis, then retrieves one of the 2 space balls (the most convenient one), brings it back to the other space ball and releases it next to it, on level, within grabbing distance

* Testee performs a 360 rotation around the horizontal axis (front or back loop), then retrieves one of the 2 space balls, brings it back close to the one still free in space, releases it next to it, on level, within grabbing distance.

* Testee performs a 360 Rotation around the side axis (left or right weedeater/cartwheel), then must retrieve the yellow space ball. Put it in the left hand and pull between 4000 and 3500 ft, to allow extra time in case of a parachute emergency. All maneuvers need to be completed by 6500 ft. AGL. Freefly™ instructor, the primary space ball master, will retrieve the white space ball. Second space ball master responsibility is to catch the yellow spaceball in case the Testy does not.

* The Testee must retrieve and retain the yellow space ball by 6500 ft AGL.

* For any safety reason (entering a cloud or air traffic or dangerous performance of the Testy or for any other emergency situation) the Freefly™ instructor may wave off the Testy, at this sign the secondary space ball master/evaluator must retrieve one of the 2 space balls at once and the primary evaluator the other space ball. In this case the test will be considered incomplete.

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ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN LICENSE "C" HOLDERS

1 Olav Zipser 2 Mike Swanson 3 Steve Utter
4 Filippo Fabbi 5 Stefania Martinengo 6 Mauro Tannino
7 Bruce Graybill 8 Max Cohn 9 Jason Jerusalem
10 John Matthews 11 Francisco Neri 12 Daivid Brown
13 Alejandro Ramos 14 Giancarlo Trimarchi 15 Manuel Basso
16 Nathan Gilbert 17 TJ Landgren 18 Mike Wittenburg

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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN TEST "D"

* Minimum requirement to attempt the AD ‘D’ Test is to have previously passed the AD ‘C’ Test

* Good communication with the aircraft pilot for proper spotting over an uninhabited area, proper wind drift calculations, as well as checking for the presence of possible clouds. The testee is free to choose his/her exit position. Both Freefly™ Instructors, primary spaceball master and secondary spaceball master, will exit the aircraft at the same time as the testee and will document on video every step of the testee’s performance.

* Testee exits the aircraft at approximately 13500 ft. AGL with one space ball in each hand. The 2 space balls will have 2 different colors: for example one is white and one is yellow

* Testee releases one of the 2 space balls into space then places the other spaceball next to the first one previously released, on level, within its grabbing distance; or may release both space balls simultaneously one next to the other at grabbing distance. Primary space ball master will stay on level with the white space ball at appropriate distance, secondary space ball master stays on level following the movement of the yellow space ball, at appropriate distance.

* Testee performs a 360 turn around the vertical axis. A left or right turn, then retrieves one of the 2 spaceballs, brings it back to the other spaceball , releases it next to it on level within grabbing distance.

* Testee performs a 360 rotation around the horizontal axis (front or back loop), then retrieves one of the 2 spaceballs, brings it back next to the other spaceball still in space, releases it next to it, on level, within its grabbing distance.

* Testee performs a 360 rotation around the side axis (left or right weedeater), then retrieves one of the 2 spaceballs, releases it next to the other spaceball still in space, on level, within its grabbing distance.

* Testee performs a 360 turn around the vertical axis. In the opposite direction of the first 360 turn, so that if he/she first performed a right turn earlier in the sequence now will have to do it to the left. Then retrieves one of the 2 spaceball, brings it back close (within grabbing distance) to the spaceball still in space, releases it next to it, on level

* Testee performs a 360 rotation around the horizontal axis (front or back loop) but in the opposite direction of the first loop performed earlier in the sequence. That means that if he/she performed a front loop earlier, now will have to do a back loop instead. Then retrieves one of the 2 spaceball, brings it back next to the other spaceball, releases it next to it, on level, within its grabbing distance.

* Testee performs a 360 rotation around the side axis (left or right weedeater/cartwheel) but on opposite direction then the first weedeater/cartwheel performed earlier in the sequence. That means that if she/he performed a left weedeater first now will have to do a right one instead. Then he/she must retrieve the yellow spaceball, put it on the left hand and pull.

* Put it in the left hand and pull between 4000 and 3500 ft, to allow extra time in case of a parachute emergency. All maneuvers needs to be done by 6000 ft. AGL. Of course safety of the skydivers will be a priority and that is why all Atmosphere Dolphins Licenses Tests will have to be done over a proper uninhabited area.

* The Freefly™ Instructor, the primary spaceball master, will retrieve the white spaceball. Second spaceball masters responsibility is to catch the yellow spaceball in case the testee does not.

* The Testee must retrieve and retain the yellow spaceball by 6000 ft AGL.

* For any safety reason (entering a cloud or air traffic or dangerous performance of the Testy or for any other emergency situation) the Freefly™ instructor may wave off the Testy, at this sign the secondary space ball master/evaluator must retrieve one of the 2 space balls at once and the primary evaluator the other space ball. In this case the test will be considered incomplete.

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ATMOSPHERE DOLPHIN LICENSE "D" HOLDERS

1 Olav Zipser
2 Mike Swanson
3 Steve Utter

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