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Welcome to USAPR, where we eat, breathe and sleep rigging! It’s work we’re passionate about, as evidenced by the 90+ years we have in the field, and we’re not the only ones.

Peruse our photo gallery to see images of our state-of-the-art rigging studio, our instructors and candidates in action, and a bit of this and that that we know the rigging community will dig.

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USAPR parachute training school custom-built rigging loft with sewing stations and packing table

USAPR parachute training school custom-built rigging loft with sewing stations and packing table

Red and blue parachute container with lines extended on a packing table at USAPR

Red and blue parachute container with lines extended on a packing table at USAPR

Close up photo of sewing machine stations

Close up photo of sewing machine stations

FAA Master Rigger Sandy Reid unfurling a large black and blue parachute canopy

FAA Master Rigger Sandy Reid unfurling a large black and blue parachute canopy

Rigger repair table with colorful drawers at the US Academy of Parachute Rigging in Eloy, AZ

Rigger repair table with colorful drawers at the US Academy of Parachute Rigging in Eloy, AZ

Table displaying a variety of tools used by parachute riggers

Table displaying a variety of tools used by parachute riggers

FAA Master Rigger Sandy Reid stitching a patch with a sewing machine at USAPR parachute rigging school in Eloy, AZ

FAA Master Rigger Sandy Reid stitching a patch with a sewing machine at USAPR parachute rigging school in Eloy, AZ

Peg board displaying a variety of labeled knot types

Peg board displaying a variety of labeled knot types

Close up photo of multiple types of parachute rigging lines

Close up photo of multiple types of parachute rigging lines

Parachute packing table with multi-color rigging kits lined up at USAPR in Eloy, AZ

Parachute packing table with multi-color rigging kits lined up at USAPR in Eloy, AZ

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