I know it is called 'close formation', but..

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I know it is called 'close formation', but..

#1 Post by Boac » Mon May 23, 2022 7:17 am

https://www.airlive.net/breaking-two-ra ... QO6zfhBrM4

That appears to be what we call a 'tailchase' and the way No 2 was flying meant he caught the tail =)) Lucky no-one was hurt.

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Re: I know it is called 'close formation', but..

#2 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Tue May 24, 2022 5:29 pm

So, a 'tailcatch', then? :))

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Re: I know it is called 'close formation', but..

#3 Post by Rossian » Wed May 25, 2022 7:28 am

There used to be a pair of Jaguars (FAF) that did an incredibly close together, slow demo, including one being inverted over the other. I used to worry about the closeness of the tails as I was doing their commentary. What to say if it goes wrong??

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