Flying High: Skydivers Set World Record Over Rosharon [Video]

ROSHARON, TX — If you live in or near Rosharon, there's a chance you saw a plethora of parachutes in the bright blue sky recently. On May 26, an international team of 20 elite skydivers completed at least four different formations on the same skydive, and possibly set a world record

The parachutists traveled to Skydive Spaceland—Houston in Rosharon, for the May 26 event, according to a press release from the U.S. Parachute Association.

After leaping from an aircraft more than 16,000 feet, the group built the formations flying in a position that looks like sitting in a chair—"upright' in skydiving lingo.

The group had less than a minute to complete the formations while plummeting toward the ground at speeds approaching 200 miles per hour, before separating from each other and opening their parachutes.

A group of 45 skydivers first set the Texas state record for largest single upright formation earlier that day.

A smaller group then went up to complete multiple formations on the same skydive, ultimately setting the four-point 20-way world record. Videographers jumped with the team to capture all the action.

The U.S. Parachute Association will submit the record to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the international air sports governing body, for ratification as an official world record.