Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Lou Volpato; Division One Commander and first pilot, left, and Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, stand next to Kaplan's aircraft Malibu Mirage in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014. Kaplan and Volpato flew along Long Island, New York Harbor and Hudson River, N.Y., conducting ice observations in......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander, and Lou Volpato; Division One Commander, first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, flew along Long Island, New York Harbor and Hudson River, N.Y., during their ice patrol, Feb. 1, 2014. Kaplan and Volpato conducted ice observations in support of Operation Reliable Energy Northeast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander, left, and Lou Volpato; Division One Commander, first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, sat harnessed in the their front seats volleying back and forth over their headsets their responses while going through the preflight checklist as they toggled switches and moved levers, Feb. 1,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Lou Volpato; Division One Commander and first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, sat harnessed in the aircraft's front seat going through the preflight checklist, Feb. 1, 2014. Volpato flew along Long Island's south shore and the Hudson River conducting ice observations in support of Operation Reliable Energy Northeast Winter. (U.S. Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan and Lou Volpato provide an aerial view of the Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay breaking ice on the Hudson River, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014 in support of Operation RENEW. The Coast Guard AUXAIR conduct flights over the Hudson River to provide daily updates of the ice conditions on navigable waterways including areas known as choke points where ice gathers making......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander, and Lou Volpato; Division One Commander, first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, flew along Long Island, New York Harbor and Hudson River, N.Y., during their ice patrol, Feb. 1, 2014. Kaplan and Volpato conducted ice observations in support of Operation Reliable Energy Northeast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander, and Lou Volpato; Division One Commander, first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, fly over the Hudson River near West Point, N.Y. looking areas along the river that are heavily impacted by ice, Feb. 1, 2014. Kaplan and Volpato conducted ice observations flying over Long Island, New York......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 02.01.2014
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Ron Kaplan; Flotilla 12-07 Commander and aircraft commander, and Lou Volpato; Division One Commander, first pilot from the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Air division, flew along Long Island, New York Harbor and Hudson River, N.Y., during their ice patrol, Feb. 1, 2014. Kaplan and Volpato conducted ice observations in support of Operation Reliable Energy Northeast......