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.

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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.