Matt Gunsch wrote:
they don;t know what thier feet are for, and we flew very tight formations, usually with wing overlap, they would get nervous flying that close.
Remember that USAF guys, up until recently, were trained in jets from day one. On top of that, the F-16 has the computer flying the jet based on stick inputs, so even while dogfighting there is very little reason to use the rudders. I guess I'm lucky that the Eagle is a pretty rudder-intensive jet while fighting...but ask some of the guys on this very board whom I've flown piston airplanes with, and they'll tell you I don't know a darn thing about using my feet!
With respect to wing overlap, USAF guys are trained from day one flying formation NOT to do that, and subsequently do a ton of formation flying with that in mind. Maybe....just maybe....they had a
reason to be nervous. The USAF generally doesn't invent silly rules just for their own humor.
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