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Greetings fellow Mooney pilots! Join an active and fun bunch of your fellow Mooney enthusiasts and arrive at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh in style by flying in the Mooney Caravan! If you live in the Northeast part of the country (or Southeast for our friends north of the border) then your first step is to attend this regional clinic in Martinsburg to teach yourself basic formation flying skills. This is not flight instruction but a forum in which after some basic ground school you fly your own airplane with an observer in the right seat as a safety pilot and mentor. The goal of the clinic is to enable you to acquire and demonstrate basic formation skills that are prerequisite for participation in the annual Mooney Caravan to Oshkosh. And...besides that, it is great fun and some of the most challenging and rewarding flying you will do. It will be a blast of a weekend so even if you cannot make it to OSH this year, come out and join the fun. There's no formal registration, just give me an email or a phone call with your basics and any questions you may have. You are on your own for hotel reservations but we will have a van for ground transport to/from the airport. All participants must download and become familiar with the basic 2-ship maneuvers described in the Mooney Caravan Formation Guide. Download it using the the link below and READ IT SEVERAL TIMES before arrival in Martinsburg. The ground school will be short and is attended as a review of this material and a forum for discussion and your questions. Attendees that are unfamiliar with this material will not fly close to other airplanes! http://www.mooneycaravan.com/training/MooneyCaravanFormationGuide-Rev3-March2013.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1 See you there! - Adam "Sled"Carney MOONEY FORMATION CLINIC - NORTHEAST REGION Dates: May 15-17 Location: Martinsburg, WV (KMRB - Eastern WV Regional) Contact: Adam Carney (adam@mooney27d.com) Fee: $50 cash includes: • Event Tee Shirt • Pack of line up cards • Coffee/Snacks Sat/Sun • Lunch Sat • Local Transportation (van) • Incidentals Registration Deadline: May 3 Please register with Adam Carney by email or phone adam@mooney27d.com 732-433-7764 Specify tee-shirt size, arrival date (Friday or Saturday), type/model aircraft, time in type, prior formation experience (if any) and name of co-pilot/passenger. Hotel: Hampton Inn Martinsburg 975 Foxcroft Ave Martinsburg, WV 25401 304-267-2900 FBO: Aero-Smith, Inc. 304-262-2507 / 800-550-2507 Schedule Friday May 15 Arrive by 18:00 Group Dinner for early arrivals: TBD Saturday May 16 Basic Training - 2 Ship Basic Ground School: 08:30 Basic Training and Recurrent Training Sorties remainder of day Debriefs & Lunch on Field Group Dinner / Social near the hotel Sunday May 17 Basic Training - 2 Ship Basic and Recurrent Training 2-ship sorties Mass Formation / Caravan Simulation TBD