Avengers In Echlon
Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:15 am
TBM-3s of VT(N)-101 USS Enterprise 1945
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:58 am
That's tight! (except that #7 guy needs to get with the program)
Cool pic.
Cool pic.
Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:00 pm
Ztex wrote:That's tight! (except that #7 guy needs to get with the program)
I guess that's probably why he's #7!
Ryan
Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:06 pm
He was probably the little kid that used to go around saying "come on guys, wait for me". 
Mac
Mac
Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:45 pm
...or the wings safety officer.....
Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:02 pm
RyanShort1 wrote:Ztex wrote:That's tight! (except that #7 guy needs to get with the program)
I guess that's probably why he's #7!
Ryan
Thats why the Lead is turned around watching him! Close it up already.
Regards,
Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:26 pm
Stacked up too, niiiiiiiiiiiiice
Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:00 am
Ztex wrote:That's tight! (except that #7 guy needs to get with the program)
Cool pic.
Flying echelon like that is incredibly difficult to fly in perfect formation. The further out you are away from lead, the harder it is to fly stable. Because you're technically flying off of the aircraft next to you, by the time you get out that far, it's like you are playing "crack the whip" and you're on the end of the whip. The first few planes are probably somewhat stable, but numbers 4 thru 7 are probably bouncing all over the place. I have a great deal of respect for the skill it took to make that picture.
