(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

One of the guys who founded our flying club 40+ years ago is still a
member. He's got a lot of experience, but quite frankly some things
I've heard about him scare the hell out of me. But nothing quite as
bad as this: He's proposing that the club does a "Missing Man
Formation" over Bill Law's memorial service next weekend.

Let me get this straight, you're going to get four guys who've never
flown formation with each other before, put them in four dissimilar
aircraft (try and find a speed where both the Lance and the Warrior
are happy), and fly a maneuver in close formation with only a week to
practice?

What a great way to remember Bill Law - by having a fatal 4 plane
mid-air collision over his memorial service! Oh well, at least the
club would get some new planes out of it. Too bad we'd never get
insurance again, and the club officers would be put in jail for not
stopping this lunatic. Oh wait, I'm a club officer!

I wonder if we've got time to pass a bylaw expelling anybody who tries
close formation work in club planes?


Paul, I beleave you will find that the QB are going to do the missing
man flight. So don't worry, they have had a little to much practis at
this over the last few years........