On Thursday evening, April 21, a record 50 DAFers’ gathered at the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (CBYC) for our second dinner meeting with a program this year. The dinner was a buffet style chicken and beef. Dessert was also served.
DAF President Chris Harshman took to the mike and went through the various reports by club officers.
The program, featured The Tiger Squadron and was presented by DAFer’s Craig Ekberg and Peter Broen. It was quite interesting to learn ALL of the planning and work that goes into a performance. There is no room for slack.
The Tiger Squadron, is after all, a military precision air demonstration team. For the many televised events that they participate in locally, timing, and the ToT, or Time over Target, is extremely important. This in turn requires hours and hours of practice, including formation flying practice. Craig emphasized, they need to get it right, every time.
A special thanks to Craig and Peter for sharing the intricate important details of the Tiger Squadron, plus thanks to David Shaby for his input plus John Bucher who helped behind the scenes with putting the visuals together.