Dana: The gentleman I mentioned is highly trained and as an F-111 Wing Commander in Viet-Nam in one of the hottest Combat a/c ever in the operated by the Air Force plus his other certificates including authority to teach formation flying from the FAA I would say is among the the best to be had.
Ed currently lives near Boulder CO and lives on or adj. to an airfield from which he flies. I last saw him at our 45th HS Class reunion last summer. Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dana Overall wrote: > The formation training Chris Good received was through FFI. FFI using the > T-6 training manual as a basis for formation training. It is very usual for > someone to have well in excess of two years of training before they are able > to pass a checkride. Flying close together is not formation flying. Matter > of fact, close can be a reason for failing the checkride. > > At the time time Formation Flying Inc. was started only warbirds and > aerobatic show pilots were allowed to fly formation is waivered airspace. > Remember, anybody can fly formation as long as there is a formal bried held > prior to the flight. The big thing is waivered airspace, ie., Sun & Fun, > Oshkosh for the two biggees. Stu McCurdy, a retired fighter pilot, started > FFI at the request of the FAA. It originally was to go through EAA but when > finalization of the training manual was at hand, the EAA dropped the ball > and said they didn't want to accept the liability exposure even though they > were inherently involved since inception. FFI cardholders are trained and > sanctioned at the same level as this T-6 guy, they are very, very good. Stu > travels around the county in his RV-8, Falcon Flight (guess what he used to > drive) training and acting as check pilot. It is very serious flying, if > you are thin skinned you will not make it through the training. This > carries on after every flight in the debrief. The debrief is very straight > to the point and any, and I mean any, variation from perfection is pointed > out. Again, it is very serious and thin skin make you a spectator. > > I have got some emails about Chris's crash. They were not part of the > airshow but were authorized to fly in waivered airspace. They were simply > inbound for static display and transitioning to land when all hell broke > loose. Accidents happen and when you fly formation it doesn't take much. > That is why the FFI pilots are so well trained. Chris was a very > accomplished pilot. By seeing crash wreckage, Chris obviously died > instantly. That is the only thing good about this. I knew Chris and just > like John Monday, this hurts. > > Be trained and be safe, we are a limited quantity. > > Dana Overall > 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host > Richmond, KY i39 > RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" > O 360 A1A, C/S C2YK-1BF/F7666A4 > http://rvflying.tripod.com/id30.html > do not archive > > _________________________________________________________________ > Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
