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Host: Ray Lewis.
raylewis2@charter.net
Dates: May 24-27, 2007
The clinic is limited to 50
Bonanza/Baron/Twin Beech registrants. Each individual practicing his/her
formation skills will be considered PIC and totally and solely responsible for
the safe operation of the aircraft. Please review the
waiver that each person will be required
to sign. Dual rudder pedals and working intercom are required.
Wednesday, May 23 is arrival
day unless you are flying in ready for the mandatory briefing at 0800.
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 18/19,
2007 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 Best Jets/Lake Texoma Jet
Center at 0800 local time Thursday,
May 24. 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 for this session has been extended. 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. It is available
from EAA, catalogue # W39266 (http://shop.eaa.org/html/2warbirds_books.html?cart_id=)
and at http://www.t-34.com/.
(Note: some have reported difficulty obtaining it from the T-34 site;
EAA is recommended as the primary source.) This
manual provides basic information about formation flying and standardized hand
signals.
Note: the T-34 Flight Manual is apparently 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.
For
Registrants:
Grayson County Airport (Sherman-Dennison)
KGYI
(903-624-6666) : Check in at Best
Jets/Lake Texoma Jet Center (AirInc frequency: 130.35) on the northeast side
of the field. Tie-down rings are spaced for LARGE aircraft (former military
field). Regular tie-down ropes will not reach the rings. Everyone
bring extra long tie-down ropes. Best Jets will offer a $0.20/gal fuel
discount and will host our dinner Thursday night.
Motel:
LaQuinta
Inn,
Sherman/Denison, special rate
single or double: $69.00, $79.00 for king bed or larger room. Call direct
(903) 870-1122, ask for Bonanza Clinic Rate.
Registration Fee: $100
covers Thursday night dinner plus noon and evening meals Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Also included are
beverages during the day and a Happy Hour Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
at the airport. Breakfasts are included with the LaQuinta room rate.
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.
Car rental:
We will post registrants on the web so you may find someone to share a car
if you wish.
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.
During the time of the Clinic plans for the fly-bys at
Oshkosh can be discussed.
Pilots that desire to be evaluated for new FFI cards or upgrades or flights
that desire to fly together should state this on their registration. I
anticipate that we will not require more than 1 or 2 flights by any one pilot
as a safety pilot so all will be flying most flights. I hope we
can have 35 four-ship qualified pilots with 10 new four-ship pilots. This
clinic will be an opportunity for pilots to build 4-ship practices as we all
know the difficulty of getting 4 Bonanza pilots together to practice 4-ship
formation flying. The clinic will also be the only possibility to put
together a Mass Flight of Bonanzas. Last year we set a new bonanza record
with 16 ships in formation.
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0800
Thursday Ground School will cover current information for Grayson
County Practice areas, assignment of safety pilots for new pilots, 4 ship
assignments and practice area assignments. 4 ship flights will be
assigned with new pilots as passengers to experience the 4 ship experience.
1200:
Lunch
1230:
Briefing for 4 ship flights. Flights with new pilots will walk through
the flight before flying. Other flights will be practicing for FFI
evaluation for new FFI pilots and flights for renewal or upgrade to flight
leader for FFI wingman. New pilots should have two flights in the
afternoon and other groups could have 3 flights.
1700:
Evaluation of flights and additional Ground School for new pilots if needed.
1730:
Happy Hour
1830:
4 ship and area assignments for Friday
1830:
Special dinner away from the airport hosted by Best Jets/Lake Texoma Jet
Center
0730
Friday: Briefing at Best Jet Hangar for 4 ship flights,
two flights prior to lunch
1200:
Lunch and any changes in flights for afternoon. FFI Evaluation Flight
assignments.
1230:
Start Briefings for after
noon flights. Two flights for all with briefing and debriefing.
1730:
Happy hour and evaluation of day’s flights.
1830:
Evening Meal at the airport.
1930:
4 ship and area assignments for Saturday. Schedule any evaluation
flights.
0730
Saturday: Briefing at Best Jet Hangar for 4 ship flights, two
flights prior to lunch. Schedule evaluation flights.
1200:
Lunch and any changes for afternoon flights.
1730:
Happy Hour and evaluation of day’s flights.
1830:
Evening Meal at the airport.
1830:
Assignment for mass flight over the
Lake Sunday
0730
Sunday: Briefing for Mass Flight.
0830:
Walk through for Mass Flight.
0900:
Start engines for Mass Flight
0930:
Debrief Mass Flight
1100: Depart |
Click
here for registration form.
Click here for list of registrants.
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