Why don't voice radio communications use FM?

Dylan Smith writes:

That's incorrect, too. During a formation flight, there will be some
communication between the formation members even when ATC is involved.

Are there a lot of GA and commercial formation flights in the air?

That's a bit like saying that smoking flying out of the back of an
aircraft should not necessarily be considered abnormal because a few
acrobatic flying teams use it.

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On 2006-09-04, Mxsmanic wrote:
Dylan Smith writes:

That's incorrect, too. During a formation flight, there will be some
communication between the formation members even when ATC is involved.

Are there a lot of GA and commercial formation flights in the air?

That's irrelevant - your assertion was that if there was a controller on
frequency, then pilots only talk to the controller and there is no air
to air communications. This is false, even if there is only ever one
formation flight a year. (In reality, GA formation flight isn't that
uncommon, I've participated in dozens of GA formation flights, many of
which involved communication with ATC, as well as formation takeoffs
from controlled fields).

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