Collings Foundation Bombers

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.

In article ,
Stubby wrote:



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.

hehe I hadn't thought of that one. I fly skydivers. We fly in
formation all the time with other jump aircraft and have people on board
paying to make the skydive. FAA decided they're not passengers since
they are getting out, or something like that.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

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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