Narrative:

I am including 2 related events in this report as they occurred on the same morning, with the same controller. I was leading a flight of 3 T6 aircraft from falcon field to deer valley to rendezvous with other aircraft that were going to proceed to ZZZ to participate in airshow. While transitioning ZZZ1 airspace, a news helicopter had come up on the frequency to request to join the formation to photograph us for the local news show. As this was not in our briefing and I had no knowledge of the helicopter pilot's formation abilities, I was distracted from my exact location in trying to locate and stay clear of any conflict. In the meantime I had switched to ZZZ tower where I tried to establish contact. There was a stuck microphone on the frequency but I thought I had established contact and was proceeding toward a downwind entry to land east. At the point I visually located the airport. I was within the class D and closer than I thought (about 4 mi). I turned north to exit airspace until I was sure of contact with tower and at that point the stuck microphone cleared and I reported my position and intentions. The controller noted my position and relayed that I had entered his airspace without permission which I inadvertently had. There was no conflict and he cleared the formation to land. The second event concerned the same controller working ground and was more disturbing to me. We were relocating on the field (north side to south side) to fuel and eat at the restaurant, and we called as a formation to taxi. He cleared us one by one across both runways but when I was holding short #2 he cleared me to expedite across. I informed him that #3 was ahead of me and was unable. In tailwheel aircraft this was a danger due to limited visibility.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT6, TAILWHEEL TYPE ACFT PLT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATED CLASS D AIRSPACE PRIOR TO OBTAINING CLRNC AND SUBSEQUENTLY DID NOT TAXI WHEN CLRED ACROSS RWY DUE TO ANOTHER T6 THAT WAS IN THE WAY.

Narrative: I AM INCLUDING 2 RELATED EVENTS IN THIS RPT AS THEY OCCURRED ON THE SAME MORNING, WITH THE SAME CTLR. I WAS LEADING A FLT OF 3 T6 ACFT FROM FALCON FIELD TO DEER VALLEY TO RENDEZVOUS WITH OTHER ACFT THAT WERE GOING TO PROCEED TO ZZZ TO PARTICIPATE IN AIRSHOW. WHILE TRANSITIONING ZZZ1 AIRSPACE, A NEWS HELI HAD COME UP ON THE FREQ TO REQUEST TO JOIN THE FORMATION TO PHOTOGRAPH US FOR THE LCL NEWS SHOW. AS THIS WAS NOT IN OUR BRIEFING AND I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE HELI PLT'S FORMATION ABILITIES, I WAS DISTRACTED FROM MY EXACT LOCATION IN TRYING TO LOCATE AND STAY CLR OF ANY CONFLICT. IN THE MEANTIME I HAD SWITCHED TO ZZZ TWR WHERE I TRIED TO ESTABLISH CONTACT. THERE WAS A STUCK MIKE ON THE FREQ BUT I THOUGHT I HAD ESTABLISHED CONTACT AND WAS PROCEEDING TOWARD A DOWNWIND ENTRY TO LAND E. AT THE POINT I VISUALLY LOCATED THE ARPT. I WAS WITHIN THE CLASS D AND CLOSER THAN I THOUGHT (ABOUT 4 MI). I TURNED N TO EXIT AIRSPACE UNTIL I WAS SURE OF CONTACT WITH TWR AND AT THAT POINT THE STUCK MIKE CLRED AND I RPTED MY POS AND INTENTIONS. THE CTLR NOTED MY POS AND RELAYED THAT I HAD ENTERED HIS AIRSPACE WITHOUT PERMISSION WHICH I INADVERTENTLY HAD. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT AND HE CLRED THE FORMATION TO LAND. THE SECOND EVENT CONCERNED THE SAME CTLR WORKING GND AND WAS MORE DISTURBING TO ME. WE WERE RELOCATING ON THE FIELD (N SIDE TO S SIDE) TO FUEL AND EAT AT THE RESTAURANT, AND WE CALLED AS A FORMATION TO TAXI. HE CLRED US ONE BY ONE ACROSS BOTH RWYS BUT WHEN I WAS HOLDING SHORT #2 HE CLRED ME TO EXPEDITE ACROSS. I INFORMED HIM THAT #3 WAS AHEAD OF ME AND WAS UNABLE. IN TAILWHEEL ACFT THIS WAS A DANGER DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.