This year’s AOPA Aviation Summit was held in Palm Springs.

Interesting location to see a GoPro Hero mounted on a PC-12 (would love to see the video from it):

The return of the Parade of Planes – which was to taxi the planes back from the Palms Springs Convention Center to PSP Airport was quite a sight:

The conga line back to the airport:

“…Waco nine tango tango, turn left on to Sunrise Way and taxi to the airport…..”

My favorite plane to see taxing down the streets was the Pilatus PC-12:

Here’s some video of a beautiful (and rare) Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing:

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing from Andy Robinson on Vimeo.

 

After all of the fun, I flew back from Thermal Airport and was rewarded with a spectacular view of the Palm Springs valley as the sun set: