I can see how one might feel slighted by the occasion at Oshkosh. However, I have attached a cut and paste from an email I received from a waivered formation group which performs at Oshkosh and Sun & Fun. I seems the KR crowd is not the only ones who have fallen prey to the huge atmosphere of Oshkosh. I have deleted some parts of this email. Remember, at Oshkosh now any formation particapants must either be certified by the Warbird group or a have a card issued by FFI to fly in the waivered airspace. That is the only way Oshkosh or Sun & Fun will allow any formation flights. Large group flybys appear to be too much for Oshkosh to handle. Individual flybys are still open to factory sponsored demos. They must have the manufacturers backing which certainly would involve more than an OK. As you can see at the bottom of this email, showcase requirement for individual pilots exist. I would feel certain Rand Robinson would have to shoulder a financial responsibility in case of accident. I simply post this as a devil's advocate. Things may appear different to two people.
>>>>>>In dealing with my contacts at OSH for the Flybys and Showcase, I requested (as we attempted to do last year before the mishap on RWY 09/27) to do the large flybys during the last 15 minutes of Flybys, with XXXXXXXXXX maneuvering remaining airborne to fly in Showcase. I received a response that XXXXXXX is scheduled for Showcase Tues and Thurs, but "Unfortunately, we simply cannot do the large ship formations (during Flybys), since that period of time is very unstable. Many times we have to ask Flybys to let ATC use his time frame for their traffic needs. We were happy to accommodate a large group for XXXX 30th Anniversary, but we feel that it just takes too much time to continue on a regular basis." I hope to change their minds on scene, so can you please verify who will be there and fly (FFI card required) from your groups so I can finalize my formation diagrams. We expect all those flying to be at XXX to practice Monday morning before leaving for OSH. Remember, you have to show pilots license, medical, FFI card, and insurance to fly at OSH.<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY i39 RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit 13B Rotary. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero1.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/aero3.jpg http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackrudder.jpg do not archive
