During Mountainfest 2009 held in Fort Drum in June 2009, an opportunity to fly with the Trojan Horsemen was given to me and I could not say 'no'. The Trojan Horsemen are a T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team supporting the Veterans Airlift Command. The team performs at Air Shows across the United States every year. Visit the Trojan Horsemen official website here!

This was my first flight in a T-28 and I really enjoyed it. The aircraft is quite stable, the cockpit is roomy and all my focus was on the T-28s flying alongside mine. I flew number 3 in a five-ship formation on the Friday prior to the air show in Fort Drum. I really wanted to fly in number 5 to get a shot of the four other T-28s in formation but an Army guy with a videocamera got the seat! I went up and came back from the flight with some good shots one more time! Special thanks to 'Joe' and the folks from the Trojan Horsemen!