May 9, 2008- Gathering of Mentors
Flight Two- Return and Flyovers

As sometimes happen with old airplanes, things did not go exactly as planned. We had planned on another airplane joining us at Thermal for a five ship formation on the return. What we had not planned on is for one of the aircraft to not start. Everyone started and got ready to taxi to the runway, except one, which happened to be the one that I was sitting in. After a few things to try over the radio, the other guys shut down their engines to try and determine the source of the trouble. After some brief looking, the problem was found to be a broken terminal lug to the starter. With some assistance by one of the local mechanics, we started again and taxied to take off for a nice return flight. A BIG thanks goes out to Vladi at Thermal airport.

We performed a couple of flybys for the folks at Palm Springs on the return flight, followed by a formation break and landing.