PRESERVING Formation flying goes mainstream B Y D AV E H I R S C H M A N P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y S U S I E P O S T- R U S T I’M CONCENTRATING SO INTENTLY during this formation checkride that my whole world is reduced to lining up two VIDEO EXTRA Join Dave Hirschman at the Formation Flying Clinic. 58 | AOPA PILOT November 2013 small and normally unrelated objects: the lead airplane’s aileron hinge and spinner. A