Palm Springs Gathering of Mentors 2012
Airplane


Saturday morning started warm and breezy. We all met at the Palm Springs Air Museum to brief the first flight of the day. For this flight, I rode along with Larry Bierma for a three-ship formation lead by Marc Russell with Ron Alldredge flying the #2 position. I have flown with Ron and Marc many times, but have never been able to get a shot of them at the same time. Thanks to Larry Bierma, I was able to get shots of both Ron and Marc.

Terry Norbraten awaiting take-off
Terry Norbraten awaiting engine start.

Marc and Ron
              lead us onto runway 31R
Marc and Ron lead us onto runway 31R

Marc Russell
              in his T-34 Mentor
Marc Russell

Ron
              Alldredge in his T-34 Mentor
Ron Alldredge

Marc and Ron
              from the Vic formation
Marc and Ron in the Vic formation

Marc and Ron
              in the echelon formation
Marc and Ron in the echelon formation

Marc and Ron
              in the echelon formation
Marc and Ron in the echelon formation

Marc and Ron
              in the echelon formation
Marc and Ron in the echelon formation

Todd
              McCutchan, George Wilen and Dick Stich, "Alpha"
              flight breaking over the field
Todd McCutchan, George Wilen and Dick Stich, "Alpha" flight breaking over the field.

Here are video highlights from two video cameras. One was mounted on the glare shield and one was on my helmet.

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