SMA ACFT. RPTR PLT WAS LEAD PLT IN A 5 PLANE LOW FLY-BY. LOW FLY-BY WAS COORDINATED WITH THE TWR; BUT RPTR WAS NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE OCCUPANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES CONCERNS FOR THE LOW FLYING.

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'FLY-BY' OVER SQL. ON JAN/XX/97; A 'V' FORMATION OF 3 HIGH FIXED WING ACFT MADE A LOW PASS OVER RWY 30 AT SQL. THIS WAS A PRACTICE 'FLY-BY.' ON JAN/XX/97; A 'V' FORMATION OF 5 HIGH FIXED WING ACFT PERFORMED A 'FLY-BY' OVER RWY 30 AT SQL AS PART OF A FORMAL MEMORIAL SVC. ON BOTH OCCASIONS; THE ALT OVER THE ARPT WAS 200 FT FOLLOWED BY A SLOW CLB ALONG THE CTRLINE OF RWY 30 FOR ABOUT 2 MI; THEN A SLOW CLBING R TURN ALONG BELMONT SLOUGH TO A SUNKEN SHIP IN MID-BAY AND S OF SAN MATEO BRIDGE WHERE THE FORMATION BROKE UP AND RETURNED TO SQL. ON BOTH OCCASIONS; CONTACT WAS MAINTAINED WITH SQL TWR AND THE FLTS WERE CLRED FOR THE LOW PASS. WHILE THERE ARE NO KNOWN COMPLAINTS; IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OCCUPANTS OF RESIDENCES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS ALONG THE CTRLINE OF RWY 30 AND TO THE N MAY LODGE NOISE COMPLAINTS; LEADING TO AN EXAMINATION OF A POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF FAR 91.119 (MINIMUM SAFE ALTS). IN THE OPINION OF THE RPTR (THE LEAD PLANE IN BOTH FORMATIONS); THE 'FLY-BY' AT PATTERN ALT (800 FT) WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLY INAPPROPRIATE AND WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THE DESIRED EFFECT. ON BOTH OCCASIONS; THE FORMATIONS INITIATED A SLOW CLB AT THE END OF RWY 30 IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE FORMATIONS. HAD THE CLB BEEN ANY MORE ABRUPT; THE PARTICIPATING ACFT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SCATTERED; A HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE RESULT GIVEN THE OCCASION. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AT THE END OF THE CLR ZONE BEYOND AND ALONG THE CTRLINE OF RWY 30; THE FORMATION WERE AT 350-400 FT AND CLBING.