Tow pilot PIC

T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:

It's 91.111. I'm not aware of any glider pilots who have
been violated under 91.111 for aerotowing near the towplane
or thermalling/cruising on a ridge near other gliders.
When I took my commercial glider flight test, the DPE
claimed gliders have some sort of "implied" arrangement with
other gliders under 91.111(b). It was just his opinion as
far as I know.

Sec. 91.111 Operating near other aircraft.
(a) No person may operate an aircraft so close to
another aircraft as to create a collision hazard.
(b) No person may operate an aircraft in formation
flight except by arrangement with the pilot in command of
each aircraft in the formation.
(c) No person may operate an aircraft, carrying
passengers for hire, in formation flight.

Hmm...kinda leaves commercial glider pilots hanging in the wind, so to
speak... unless aero-towing is not formation flight. Yeah, that's it,
there is obviously no way a glider can formate with a power plane!

Ahh, fun with FARs...

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