Steve
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I’ve never come across a school that actually teaches formation. It’s a fairly demanding thing and it’s a little different depending on the type of aircraft you’re going to fly. Case in point: The Tuskegee team is having to write its own manual, starting with the T-6 and Yak manuals, because the gliders are pretty different from anything for which a FAST program has ever been done before.

The bottom line is that you’ll probably have to ingratiate yourself to a FAST check airman and get him or her to help hook you up. Don’t count on having a lot of early success. Unless you have some fairly serious guys already very competent with their stick and rudder skills and at least two or three same-type aircraft that you intend to fly in demos, it’ll be hard to get taken seriously. Most guys get involved once they get a T-6, Yak, or L-39 and begin hanging out in those warbird communities. The Tuskegee team is a little nonstandard and nobody knows yet what to make of us. People have been very gracious, but I think they’re kind of waiting to see if we really have the skills. A reasonable approach on their parts, actually.

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Steve
Delafield, Wisconsin
CAF – Wisconsin Wing
414-520-2537