Warbird Information Exchange

Hmm yes and I thought the F-15's last pass Saturday was pretty close to the crowd line also.

I wasn't at Chino so did not see the incident with the Skyraider. Normal is 3 crowd lines, or deadlines or safey lines; 500' 1000' and 1500' away from and parallel to the crowd, and marked by something like the runway edge or a line of barrels. Jets at 1500', piston acro at 1000', and piston fly bys at 500'. New this year is a FAA extension of the end of the line an extra 500' long which you have to remember if doing a photo pass. You can cross inside over the crowd if above 1000', but it is not a good idea especially if you have tanks or somthing external that could endanger the crowd. Sometimes FAA can be picking at details without much logic, such as a debate over whether acro is a 60 or 70 degree bank. But the deadline has a sound purpose, and most pilots respect it, and will corect a friend if he goes over. I have seen military jets insde the line and over the crowd, I think they are outside FAA control, or get diiferent rules.

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Bill Greenwood
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