At 06:02 PM 4/21/00 -0700, you wrote: >Ron has provided an excellent start to the process however let me add that >first have a briefing so everyone knows his position, and the intended >route so when the lead calls out passing a check point everyone has a rough >idea of their position in the event there is a need to break up the >formation.
Very Good Advise. If you keep hard copy of one hint per week, this is the
one.
I had my first taste of formation flight when Opan and I bought 29H
back
from
Tucumcari. I was forever looking for Carlton, Opal's boy, who had flown
Opal's
`coupe up with me. He just did not hold position - guess it was his first
shot
also.
I flew lead that time, but when we went to Artesia, Opal lead. And
promptly
dissappeared! Yeah, that's right - vanished. And I took the active just
after he
did. It is really true that you can't find another airplane - until you
run into `em.
Last time, I almost did it right. Was #3 with Maynard and Ted to
Arlington.
We briefed on positions and route. Also frequencies to use. I had to
really
run like a rabbit, because I must have the slowest plane. But we kept the
integrety of the flight all the way there from Scappoose, Oregon. There
was
a guy in an RV-type that tried to get in between us at the end, but AWO
tower
ran him off.
Again, formation can be a gas. But "Know before you go."
Percy in Portland
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