Thunder in the Valley

I had the opportunity to fly at the Thunder in the Valley air show at the end of August.  It was awesome.
I <3 my job.

 

 Pilot Brad Deckert, front, of Eureka,  Illinois, rides along as a crew member tows Deckert's Grumman TBM Avenger Model 3E to the runway for a media flight during the Thunder in the Valley air show at the Waterloo Regional Airport in Waterloo, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

 ©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

 

 Land surrounding the Waterloo Regional Airport is seen from a media flight in a Grumman TBM Avenger Model 3E during the Thunder in the Valley air show  in Waterloo, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.
 ©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

 

Land surrounding the Waterloo Regional Airport is seen from a media flight in a Grumman TBM Avenger Model 3E during the Thunder in the Valley air show  in Waterloo, Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier