Warbird Information Exchange

So a number of good warbird pilots are in Fredericksburg, TX this weekend practicing their formation flying. I was flying a lowly Cherokee and a Cessna 172 with students today, and managed to stop long enough to get a few pictures - which by the way are due to the kindness of a forum member here who helped me out since my last camera broke and I was down to shooting with my cell phone.

Enjoy the shots!







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I love the original NMF 'patina' on the Mustang!

For the non-warbird owner/regular GA pilot, are there opportunities to learn formation flying and become qualified as far as the FAA is concerned?

FAA doesn't require a "rating" to fly formation except in waivered airspace. FAST ratings are provided by a few organizations..........NATA, Traron, T-34, etc.

I found it interesting that when I looked up the registration on the Wildcat it is registered in the "Agriculture and Pest Control" category. Was it used as a crop duster?

As I recall a story I read: At the end of WWII a fellow from Idaho ( I think) bought 16 Wildcats to use as crop dusters. Most of the ones flying are from that group.

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Doug

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It's not the close precision required by the FAST signatories, but cessnas to Ohkosh has a pretty good syllabus for you to get some inital exposure to formation flying while using a rented C-172, with clinics spread all over the U.S. https://www.cessnas2oshkosh.com/training.aspx

I took a departure from warbird formation instructing to help out a friend of mine who's the national direrctor for C2O...and it was a pretty good time if you keep it in perspective.

You don't really have to be planning on flying the mass arrival at OSH, the clinic I just taught a couple of weeks a go had 3 OSH participants and 6 guys with Cessnas who just wanted to what it was all about.

Mike-

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