RV Mass Arrival at Airventure

Capflyer · #1 05-06-2008, 04:55 AM

Just cracked my Sport Aviation magazine that was sitting on my desk for a week and saw that there is an RV mass arrival scheduled into Oshkosh on Sunday, July 27th. Surprising that I have not seen anything about it here. Does anyone have any of the information to get into the flight?

Kahuna · #2 05-06-2008, 05:57 AM

I suspect this is the group of formation flyers that fly together the weekend before and formated into Osh.. The way to get into that is to go to that training before hand and join em in. Should be KSQI the weekend before Osh like last year.

Last year we required all attending be formation qualified so we could pull off the world record which, as of yesterday is now an official one. I suspect our 2008 pre-osh KSQI training will be exactly the same.

If you want to be in the large formations at Osh, I recommend attending one of the formation clinics. There is one in Cincy this weekend.

Hope to see you there.

Geico266 · #3 05-06-2008, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kahuna

Last year we required all attending be formation qualified so we could pull off the world record which, as of yesterday is now an official one.

Kudos to all of those pilots that now hold a world's record. It was the very impressive from the ground. Over Aero Shell the formation was literally perfect. Absolutely PERFECT!

Well Done!

Tim Fitzpatrick · #4 05-06-2008, 09:09 AM

As Clint Eastwood said ?a man?s got to know his limitations.? For those experienced in formation flying this can be a safe evolution. I am sure that whoever is organizing this takes into account pilot skills, set?s minimum weather standards, provides a detailed formation briefing, realistic practice, and stresses safety as the main concern. As a student helicopter pilot in 1982, my class graduation had a 38 helicopter formation flight on graduation day. While there was an instructor in every aircraft the students did the flying. At Fort Rucker this was the norm every two weeks during the first part of the eighties, and with no incidents that I recall. So it can be done safely and almost routinely. Those involved have to be trained, competent and willing to accept the risk and participate in all the pre event training to mitigate that inherent risk involved in formation flying. Best of luck to all involved and I hope the flight goes off as planned and only wish my RV were complete so I could participate, blue skies!

Tim

Kahuna · #5 05-06-2008, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher Murphy

Is bigger really better?

Chris Murphy RV-4

Simply, YES!

Im unable to calmly respond to the other items.
Best,

Jim P · #6 05-06-2008, 09:46 AM

I guess I'll never get my project done as the drive to the airport is obviously going to be my demise. If that doesn't kill me, maybe the chicken burger-induced stomach virus from the airport cafe' might do it. Or maybe one of the BlackJack guys will collide and pieces come augering through the hangar roof.

Then again, maybe it will be the Slick mags!

Now there's a thread: "Formation flying might do me in, but <insert method of demise here> will get me first".

Sorry for the sarcassim, but qualified formation pilots are probably some of the safest and skilled pilots out there. I'm not saying that stuff doesn't happen (which it does), but I'd bet your chances are much better for an incident just tooling around on a busy Saturday afternoon in the local pattern.

allbee · #7 05-06-2008, 09:48 AM

The Bonanza's do it, why not the RV's. There is some real good pilots in this group and when you have a bunch that are Talking to each other and know how each other flies, than you have a better chance than just flying in and taking a risk of what the airplane in front of or behind can do. I would rather fly in with a group of RV's than fly in with an unknown pilot in and around me. Nothing scares me more than not knowing who is flying close to me. Unless you have flown into airshows like Osh or Arlington you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Capflyer · #8 05-06-2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kahuna

I suspect this is the group of formation flyers that fly together the weekend before and formated into Osh.. The way to get into that is to go to that training before hand and join em in. Should be KSQI the weekend before Osh like last year.

Last year we required all attending be formation qualified so we could pull off the world record which, as of yesterday is now an official one. I suspect our 2008 pre-osh KSQI training will be exactly the same.

If you want to be in the large formations at Osh, I recommend attending one of the formation clinics. There is one in Cincy this weekend.

Hope to see you there.

Thank you Kahuna for the answer.

rvmills · #9 05-06-2008, 11:07 AM

I'll bet that safety is probably the foundation of the mass arrival (and the preparation for it), so I'll keep the sword in the scabbard, and just divert back to the original posters query

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I've done a search here and on VAF.net, looking for info on the mass arrival. I've seen some dates on form clinics (none near me so far), but would like to learn more about them and the process leading to the mass arrival (is it a qualifying process?). Is there a clinic schedule, including dates, times, places around the country? Is there gouge on the week-prior event mentioned above? Just would like to get up to speed with current info. Not sure if the ever-expanding panel upgrade will be done in time to participate, but it sure looks like fun. If not this year, I'll be an avid spectator this year, and hopefully a participant next year. Been polishing the rust off the old form skills locally, but would enjoy doing it RV style as well!

Thanks for any gouge you can provide!!

Cheers,

Bob Mills
"Rocket" RV-6
N600SS
4SD

Cessnaah · #10 05-06-2008, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kahuna

I suspect this is the group of formation flyers that fly together the weekend before and formated into Osh.. The way to get into that is to go to that training before hand and join em in. Should be KSQI the weekend before Osh like last year.

Last year we required all attending be formation qualified so we could pull off the world record which, as of yesterday is now an official one. I suspect our 2008 pre-osh KSQI training will be exactly the same.

If you want to be in the large formations at Osh, I recommend attending one of the formation clinics. There is one in Cincy this weekend.

Hope to see you there.

Do you have contact info? Name(s), e-mail, phone numbers to hook up with the formation fly-in?