T-34a Mentor Flight

by Cameron | Posted on 14 March 20094 January 2013

by Cameron L. Martindell/offyonder.com

San Diego, , California, United States

So, Dad flies with a group called San Diego Salute, which is a group of guys with T-34a Mentors who hire themselves out for air shows, flybys and scenic flights of the area. I’ve had the opportunity to fly with them twice now.

The first time I took some video, but mostly shot stills as the light was quite good. The second trip, the overcast sky made shooting stills less inspirational, but I had learned from my poor video footage to put a smarter piece together. So, the link below is of stills from the first flight, and the video below is from the second flight.

If you want to know more about hiring this crew to do a flyby for you check them out at http://www.sandiegosalute.org/.

SAN DIEGO, CA - Formation flying with T-34a Mentor aircraft. Departing Gillespie Field (KSEE), landing at Brown Field (KSDM) for fuel, flying over San Diego Bay, around Point Loma, up the coast past Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla. Then turning east back to Gillespie.

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Formation flying with T-34a Mentor aircraft in San Diego. Departing Gillespie Field (KSEE), landing at Brown Field (KSDM) for fuel, flying over San Diego Bay, around Point Loma, up the coast past Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla. Then turning east back to Gillespie.

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About the author

Adventure Correspondent Cameron L. Martindell is a freelance adventure travel and expedition writer, photographer and filmmaker who founded Offyonder.com in 2000. He has contributed to Elevation Outdoors Magazine, The Gear Junkie, National Geographic, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Backpacker, Wired, Australian Geographic, Mountainzone.com and others. He has been to all seven continents and lived on five of them, including a four-month stint at the South Pole. Cameron has more than 10 years of mountain search and rescue experience, is an Eagle Scout, has been an Australian bush firefighter, competes in sailing regattas, plans national and international youth programs, guides Oregon rafting trips and Australian bush backpacking trips.

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Japhet says:

4 April 2009 at 12:42

You should wear that getup in BV. I'm sure they'd hand over the reigns.

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