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Dates: May 22-25, 2008
Most attendees will arrive on May 21 for a social dinner and to be ready
for a mandatory briefing at 0800 on May 22nd.
Location: Sherman / Denison, TX
Airport: Grayson County, KGYI
FBO:
Lake Texoma Jet Center (903
786-2666) at the northeast corner of field. Gas discounts will be provided
for attendees. Tie down rings are available but you will need longer ropes
due to the wide ring spacing.
Host: Ray
Lewis
9603 Taxiway Drive
Granbury, TX 76049
(H) 817
573-0232
(C) 817 776-2211
raylewis2@charter.net
Registration Fees: $75.00
per person. This will cover all lunches, a social hour and dinner each day
after flying at the field plus a dinner at a local restaurant on Thursday.
--Click
here for a copy of the Registration Form--
Grayson County
Facilities:
Uncontrolled field, former
military base with major 9000' x 150' runway
and short, wide crosswind runway if needed. Parking is ample, but aircraft
need extra long tie-downs (tie down rings are spaced for large military planes).
The airport provides relatively light traffic and flat terrain. There
are towers, the tallest southwest (2660 & 2619 AGL) flanking Sudden Stop Airport
(T32 - a small turf field) approximately 13-16 nm from GYI. Slightly further
southwest is Horseshoe Lake, a good landmark for a practice area. Going
beyond the southern limit of the lake will penetrate Dallas Class B airspace.
All other quadrants are fairly benign. Lake Texoma
to the north (on the border of TX/OK) is another excellent landmark with flights
staying either on the eastern half or western half and using the point projecting
from the south as a boundary between sectors. The field has an aerobatic
box which may be activated. The box boundaries will be discussed during
the brief and contingencies for take-off and return for landing will be briefed.
Motel:
LaQuinta Inn, Sherman/Denison. Special rates are available for single
or double occupancy at $78.28 for double beds and $85.68 for a king bed.
You must call the hotel directly (903 870-1122) to register and mention the
Bonanza Formation Clinic rate.
Car rental:
Enterprise will deliver vehicles to the airport on Wednesday
afternoon and pick up the cars on Sunday. Daily rates for compact are
$35.99 and for mid-size are $37.99. After the first of the year a list of
attendees will be posted on this website to facilitate your arranging shared
rentals if you desire. Call Enterprise at (903) 870-0041 and ask for the
Bonanza Formation Clinic Rate.
Wednesday, May 21 is arrival
day unless you are flying in ready for the mandatory briefing at 0800 on May
22.
The purpose
of the Clinic is to give Bonanza Pilots truly interested in Formation Flying
the tools to fly formation safely and become skilled formation pilots through
practice. The Clinic is limited to those that can and will complete the
full course. It is expected this cadre of skilled Bonanza Formation Pilots
will hold Mini 2 Day Bonanza Formation Clinics throughout the world to share
their Bonanza Formation skills with their fellow Bonanza Pilots.
For those wanting only a two day Mini Clinic, or those needing
additional practice, there will be a Mini-clinic at Grayson County May
17/18,
2008 plus Mini-clinics throughout the US and hopefully all countries where there
are Bonanza Pilots interested in Formation Flying.
Ground School
will start promptly in the Lake Texoma Jet
Center at 0800 local time Thursday,
May 22. Anyone that does not make the ground school will not be allowed
to participate in the program. Pilots should plan to participate immediately
in four-ship formation with fingertip, echelon, diamond, break/rejoin, lazy-eights,
overhead break to trail landing and formation landing. Pilots should plan
on flying four flights each day. Flying will begin Thursday. Friday/Saturday
will be practice and evaluation for FFI cards for those that desire. The course
will finish with a large formation briefing and flight on Sunday morning.
Registration deadline is May 1. Refunds will
be given for cancellations received by Ray Lewis by
May 1, 2007.
The T-34 Formation Flight
Manual is required for participation in this clinic. This
manual provides basic information about formation flying and standardized hand
signals.
Note: the T-34 Flight Manual is undergoing
a 5th revision. While awaiting publication the 4th edition is out
of print, no longer available in hard copy, but may be ordered in Adobe
pdf format at:
http://www.t-34.com/store/merchandise_manuals.asp |
All participating should print
out the Waiver and send it with the application.
All participants desiring
to progress to FFI rating must print out and have thoroughly read the
FFI Program
Manual. The
Wing Evaluation Form and
Lead
Evaluation Form are also listed. Even if not seeking the FFI card,
the manual should be studied in preparation for the Texas formation clinic -
it details the standards to which we will be training. In addition, the
Bonanza Specific Addendum should be printed out and incorporated to your
T-34 manual.
The schedule is flexible so the training can fit what the group desires as
the clinic progresses. For those completing the full 3 ½ days training,
a completion certificate will be awarded qualifying you for 60 of the 100 points
required to achieve the Master Aviator award from the American Bonanza Society.
We will post registrants on the web so you may find someone to share a car
if you wish.
Click
here for registration form.
Click here for list of registrants.
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