Blue Skies Parachute Team

10/19/2022

The Blue Skies Team did a great demo on Saturday, October 15th, at the grand opening of the newest Bike Mart location in Prosper. Matt, Donaldo, Ryan, and Tom flying with Svein in his 182 and with ground assist from Elly Moore, Sam Borisov, Alex Ogden and April did an excellent "On Time / On Target" performance from 5500'.

10/19/2022

The Blue Skies Team was at it again on October 7th at the Texas Gun Ranch near Terrell. Tom and Sam assisted the Team Inertia demo team with the opening ceremony for the Texas Valor Charity Shoot-Out. The team helped to raise $180,000 for veterans with TBI. Yahoo! AND a nice helicopter jump from 5500' to boot!

11/02/2019

When 2 team members both reached the 5000 jump mark, the Blue Skies Team put together a fun jump to commemorate the event. Tom Schroder and Garth Harley, the 2 5000 jump team members, were assisted by team members Marc & Cassi McGahee, Matt McManus, Larry Henderson, Jim Brewster, and Scott Hamlin, along with team videographer, Dave Ryder on the skydive. The team jumped from 13, 500' to build a round formation, converted that to a diamond formation and tracked the diamond towards the horizon before breaking off to open our parachutes. Lots of smoke made the whole skydive visible to the spectators on the ground from exit to landing. Thanks to all who participated, and to Peter Kwon, our second video guy, for coming along to get still and video that included shooting Dave shooting the team.

Tom and Garth's 5000th skydives with Blue Skies Parachute team at Skydive Spaceland Dallas

09/03/2019

The Blue Skies Parachute Team will be in the air again on Saturday, September 7th, over Wildcat stadium at the American Christian University in Abilene. We will be helping to open their first home football game of the season. The Team is looking forward to flying the game ball into this great new venue during the pregame show!

08/12/2019

The Blue Skies Team had a great time last night at the MS Charity Event "Meat Fight" in McKinney. Tom, Matt, Donaldo, and Jim, with Svein flying, exited at 5500' and landed adjacent to the festivities. Each jumper carried 3 packages of Beef Jerky which were used as prizes and gifts for VIPs. Super event!

07/18/2019

The Blue Skies Team will once again be taking to the air on Sunday, August 11th! We are jumping into a charity event for MS called the "Meat Fight". The landing area is a large field just south of the Tup's Brewery in southeastern McKinney [TX]. Jump time is around 5:00. "Meat Fight" is a great venue, and for a super cause. Check it out at MeatFight.com. We hope to see you there!

11/05/2018

Wichita Falls Airshow at Danaher Field was a great little airshow. Lots of friends and family in attendance as Mac McGreger put on an end-of-year show featuring great acts and good food! The Blue Skies Team opened and closed the show making 2 jumps in a little over an hour. The opening performance, with smoke, R/W/B streamers, and the US flag kicked off the show while the national anthem played. The 2nd jump, with purple smoke, a freefall show, yellow streamers and the POW/MIA flag closed the show. A great time was had by all! Thanks to Larry Henderson, Matt McManus, Tom Schroder, and our ground support, April Schreurs.

11/05/2018

The Bonham Festival of Flight on October 27th was another great airshow at Jones Field in Bonham. The Blue Skies Team opened the show with smoke, R/W/B streamers, and the huge US flag. All landings were "On Time / On Target". We really enjoy performing at this show. Thanks to Marc McGahee, Jim Brewster, Donaldo Grajeda, our flag jumper, Dave Ryder, and Alex McGahee for running our ground crew.

10/22/2018

The Blue Skies Team is on a roll this weekend with two great airshows.

We will be at Jones Field in Bonham as the opening act of the "2018 Bonham Festival of Flight" airshow. Our jump, a group freefall with smoke, followed by canopy accuracy with R/W/B streamers and a huge US flag, will be at noon.

Team members will also be performing twice at Danaher Field southwest of Wichita Falls for the super airshow there. We will open the show with freefall smoke, R/W/B streamers and the US flag. We will also close the airshow with our "Salute to Veterans" jump featuring purple smoke, yellow streamers and a large POW/MIA flag. The Wichita Falls show starts at 2:00.

Come on out and enjoy a nice fall day with lots of great performances by some of the best airshow crews around!

10/17/2017

The Blue Skies team will once again be the opening act this Saturday, October 21st, at the Bonham Festival of Flight airshow. This is a great fall show with pilots performing aerobatics and formation flying second-to-none! Bring the family out for a super time!

10/10/2017

Members of the Blue Skies Team will be the opening act this Saturday, October 14th, at the Wichita Falls Airshow being held at Danaher Airfield just southwest of town. Come on out and enjoy a really good airshow! Gates open at noon and the show starts at 2:PM. See you there!