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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject: RPA rumor mill and Comm lic, ACM, etc |
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Members can download the FAST Foundations and Principals (FF&P) from the RPA website to determine lead pre-reqs; this is a national document applicable to all signatories and lists having a Commercial License or Equivalent is required.� Equivalent would need a waiver from the FAST organization.� Only a third class medical is required. If you are not an RPA member, I believe you can get the document at www.flyfast.org as well.� We are coding a new web page at flyredstar that will make all our online documents easier to locate in one central page.
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On "dog fighting" as an RPA managed core of instruction or hosted events, I think your fellow members have spoken on several issues that ring very, very�loud.�There are some other key issues that deal with insurance coverage,�limited resources, training logistics�and�others...�
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You vote for the board, the board sets policy on how treasury and volunteer manhours are utilized within this organization.� If you are reading this and a dues paying member, you can and should vote now for your regional board member�(elections close April 7th - log on to Elections under Governance)�, and email your regional director when the election is over and provide them your talking points on any issue - ACM included.���
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With Barry, Gordon and other key volunteers�help, we just pulled off the second annual Desert Thunder event in california - it was a blast, remains the best flying I experience in an Eastern Block aircraft!� There was no competitive BFM/Dog Fighting - the ROE was strict on this point and it is not what this is about.�You need not look at that as an RPA event, we would love to have as many T-28s as Yaks/CJs; there simply is nothing really gained for the g roup by this activity and it would draw valuable energy away from the core event.�
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Speaking of the core of the event, an additional�goal was to validate as much of the tactical formation program (we are sourcing it from USAF/USN basic formation manuals) as possible out in the desert�last week�and�we worked on all aspects,�to include the best parameters for fluid manuevering (loose cruise), 4 ship fluid four and�4 ship tactical line abreast formations.� These are applicable and demanding team formation skills and exercises for our formation-centered members and I hope the RPA board supports my position to bring this to our members as a USAF UPT-USN Flight School complexity level�& content sourced-derived program. Boy that was a mou...
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Fly often - fly safe!
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Drew
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Drew A. Blahnick
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