Great Falls Balloon Festival Demo

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Always be Marketing! Our master marketing machine Foggy was on hand with his top notch team of interns as ground crew for SNE at this years Great Falls Balloon Festival event.
Carp took care of the air portion. Lots of planning including days and days worth of pictures, diagrams with circles and arrows paid off for a successful full Cessna load of jumpers including world renown Jeff Nebelkopf and Tommy Larochelle flying the American flag in face of stiff upper winds.
Over 50,000 spectators packed the area leaving a generous 25 foot wide landing strip for the skydivers. The crowd could be heard under canopy screaming and cheering. A windy day hampered balloon launching efforts this year making SNE’s skydiving show the main event for Friday night. It was evident the crowd was hungry for entertainment.
All of us signed autographs and took tons of pictures with local residents for over 20 minutes after landing. I was actually surprised many had never seen skydiving before. The kids went crazy and the adults were all smiles many coming to shake our hands with congratulations and thank yous. After all these years in skydiving, it’s easy to forget the impact skydiving has on the general public. People LOVE skydiving.
I’ve been to many demos and it’s always fun. From the pressure of jumping a new site with new obstacles to the tight landing areas and changing conditions, to the cheers and smiles of the crowds, a successful demo is just plain fun.
Skydive New England performs a half dozen skydiving demonstrations in and around New England within their short but BUSY season. By spreading awareness and education about this amazing sport in the community, more and more New Englanders are getting addicted to SKYDIVING every year! We look forward to skydiving with all the new friends we made at the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

HP

Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon FestivalHarry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival
Harry Parker, Skydive New England, Great Falls Balloon Festival