The Northeast Pennsylvania Ripcords, your Above the Poconos Skydivers, has been serving the New York, NJ and Pennsylvania skydiving community since 1961 making us THE oldest continuously running, same management, USPA member skydiving center in the World. The Northeast Pennsylvania skydiving center is run by Don Kellner, the man who holds the Guinness World Record for the most sport parachute jumps. Our areas of expertise include skydiving lessons, exhibition skydiving, freefall photography, and government certified parachute rigging. Our center continues to be on the forefront of skydiving instruction. Our main skydiving instructors have a combined total of over 60,000 skydives and 90 years experience. Other skydiving centers say that their instructors are experienced, but none can compare to us!
Skydiving Safety
Not all skydiving schools are the same! Safety is our top priority and our record shows it.
We have maintained a 100% tandem skydiving safety record since we started our tandem
skydiving lessons in 1984. No other New York, NJ or Pennsylvania skydiving school can boast of this. This does not
mean that you can't get hurt, but we will not sacrifice safety to look cool. All of our staff are appropriately licensed and certified through the United States Parachute Association and we hold them to higher standards than the
USPA requires. Our jump aircraft, a Super Cessna 185 and a wide body Super Cessna 182, are meticulously maintained and are
recognized as the safest in the industry. We have a mile long, easy to spot and obstacle
free landing zone.
Beauty
Our Pennsylvania Skydiving Center is located in the foothills of the beautiful
Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. The views from altitude are breathtaking, and are an easy drive from New York and NJ straight out I80.
Check out the view from the web cam based at
Penn State Hazleton Campus for a taste of the sights.
Get away
from the hustle and bustle of city life,
and come for a Pennsylvania skydiving adventure weekend getaway.
Each customer is assured personalized attention and maximum enjoyment, because we refuse to overbook confirmed reservations. Also, our skydiving instructors work for a living at normal jobs, so just like you, they are looking forward to skydiving rather than it being work. They enjoy sharing the thrill of the sport with you.
