FAA rigging school. Sales and services for skydivers & pilots.
FAA rigging school. Sales and services for skydivers & pilots.
Welcome to Rahlmo's Rigging!
Located at Orange County Municipal Airport in Orange, VA. On-site gear store at Skydive Orange, serving Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, and beyond.
First-Rate Course Offerings
All the latest equipment and techniques to teach you real-world parachute packing and rigging from newbie packer to master rigger. Our on-site FAA Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner means you can graduate with your rating in hand. And you join the Rahlmo's Rigging support network once you've completed your instruction.
Upping the Rigging Game
We have decades of experience and remain continuously in touch with industry associations, parachute manufacturers and other schools across the country. We're the place where other riggers come with questions. Rahlmo's Rigging raises the standard for equipment and rigging instruction in the region, the nation, and the world.
What We Do
We pack it. We teach it. We sell it.
Rahlmo's Rigging expands and opens a standalone Rigger Training Center!
Rahlmo's Rigging expands and opens a standalone Rigger Training Center!
Built from the ground up by our passion for skydiving, flying, and parachute equipment, Rahlmo's staff of full-time professionals takes pride in our company's reputation for matching skydivers and pilots to the right equipment and keeping it in good working order. Through our internationally recognized FAA parachute rigger certification program, we share what we've learned over decades of skydiving, rigging, and honest dealing with both vendors and clients.
Rahlmo's Rigging expands and opens a standalone Rigger Training Center!
Rahlmo's Rigging expands and opens a standalone Rigger Training Center!
Rahlmo's Rigging expands and opens a standalone Rigger Training Center!
We've expanded the school to a dedicated building across the runway from Skydive Orange! The address is 19103 Constitution Highway (parking entrance from Rt. 20) with our sign out front. Or pilots arriving by air can taxi right up to the door!
NEWS: Five successful FAA Master Rigger courses will be completed in 2025!
NEWS: Five successful FAA Master Rigger courses will be completed in 2025!
NEWS: Five successful FAA Master Rigger courses will be completed in 2025!
AND IN OTHER NEWS:
Active duty U.S. Army, Air Force, and National Guard members can apply for tuition to take the complete FAA Senior Rigger Certification through Rahlmo's Rigging. See the US Army IgnitED and USAF COOL program website for details.
Save $5 on your reserve repack! If you pull your emergency handles when you present your rig in the loft for repack, we'll knock $5 off your bill. We're committed to your safety!
Help yourself to snacks and drinks just outside the loft! For all our skydiving friends and guests. (Donations welcome but not necessary-- all donations go directly to the Orange County Food Bank.)
Links to Kevin Gibson's Parachutist Magazine articles
NEWS: Five successful FAA Master Rigger courses will be completed in 2025!
NEWS: Five successful FAA Master Rigger courses will be completed in 2025!
Kevin Gibson is a co-owner of Rahlmo's. Kevin is not only a Master Rigger and Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner, but he is also an AFF-I with more than 10,000 jumps. CLICK HERE to read many of Kevin's articles published in Parachutist Magazine.