Stubby wrote:
Bob Moore wrote:
Dale wrote

While there was no reason for the guy to be snippy with you there are
a lot of folks who slide up and fly formation with the bombers without
talking to us before which raises a couple of issues. It is a
violation to fly formation with paying passengers, it is a violation
to conduct a formation flight without a pre-formation brief, and it's
not comfortable or safe to have every tom, dick and harry that thinks
he's a formation pilot coming up on your wing.


How close do I have to be to be "flying in formation"?
Yeah, I know.....FAA lawyers.

Our language seems inadequate. During a glider tow you are flying in
formation. So if you are getting instruction in the glider and the tow
plane has a passenger, it must be illegal.

Gee, not if it is a club operation (not a commercial operation).


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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