From: "Ronald Metcalf" <poberfl...@hotmail.com> > > > I would also rather be on the ground - in another state. > > Trying to get more than two dissimilar aircraft (particularly in terms of > power), with pilots of varying skill levels, most without training in > formation flying, into the same chunk of sky, at more or less the same time, > is not the cleverest thing I have heard about recently.
You are absolutely correct and I hope you do not think we would be in formation like the Blue Angels. A group fly does not require tight formation and if being two to three hundres yards apart from another plane is scary, then one does not need to be flying. The flight from Hartford to Oshkosh is only 38.8 miles so about the time we got in the air, we would be over Ripon, WI for staging arrival by the controllers. We would basically be in a straight line following each other in so there is no time for any type of formation flying. Arrivals at Oshkosh are less than 30 seconds apart and you can be on final with three planes at a time for the same runway with each plane assigned a different touchdown spot on the runway. You will hear instructions form the controller saying something like "white experimental with red stripes, touch down on green spot on runway". You do not respond verbally, yet rock your wings in acknowledgement. Yes, there is a lot of traffic but it is as orginized and as choreographed as you will ever see. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI web page: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj e-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- >
