We are committed to empowering people through a love of the sky. Jump where World Champions train!
START Skydiving's location at the Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, Ohio offers more than 13,000 sq ft of world-class facilities, three large and fast turbine aircraft, state-of-the-art equipment, and dozens of award-winning, professional staff members. Home to the JUMP Institute, where START Skydiving trains more new skydivers than any other dropzone in the United States. START Skydiving
Sometimes all it takes is a different perspective to realize the world was never as small as your fears made it seem.
05/30/2026
Our AFF students are putting in the work and having a blast while they do it. 🤘
05/29/2026
Incoming….. ☀️ Beautiful weekend for skydiving! Come on out and get yourself organized by the only and only !!!!
Here’s an unedited Tandem Skydive with our Rockstar Video Package 🎥☁️
Not only do you get your tandem experience captured, you get an extra skydiver flying alongside you for epic angles, hand holds, spins, and smiles all in the sky 🤘
This Memorial Day, we remember and honor the brave men and women who made freedom possible. Because of their sacrifice, we get to chase adventure, make memories, and live life wide open.
Celebrate your freedom with a skydive. ✈️🪂
The sky is calling.
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05/24/2026
Happy Birthday Larry Compton! 🎉
Larry has been skydiving for 32 years and has become one of those people woven into the fabric of the drop zone. He is a Tandem Instructor, AFF Instructor, and a performer for Team Fastrax, our demonstration team. Larry set the Guinness Book of World Record in 2016 for the largest flag jumped from an airplane. He jumped a 19,568 sq ft flag in support of the fight against cancer.
Over the years he has made many memorable skydives including jumping into NASCAR races, Liberty Hall, Thunder over Louisville, and many college football stadiums.
It’s safe to say Larry absolutely loves skydiving. Whether he’s taking someone on their very first tandem, teaching a new solo jumper, or flying a massive American flag into a packed stadium, Larry is having the time of his life doing it. 🇺🇸🪂
Larry met his wife on a tandem skydive 15 years ago this month, proving that sometimes one jump can change your entire life in more ways than one. Between the stadium demos, the huge flags, and more than 10,000 jumps, skydiving gave Larry not only a lifelong passion, but also his person.
Thank you for being so awesome Larry! We wish you the Happiest Birthday!
We don’t know how long we get to be here.
So go out and live.
Collect the stories. Take the trip. Say yes to the thing that scares you a little. Feel the wind, chase the view, laugh with your people, and make memories that don’t fit neatly into a camera roll.
Life is meant to be experienced, and it’s even better when you get to share it.
05/22/2026
Code is only valid May 22- May 26. Buy the jump today, book anytime this season! 🇺🇸
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