Danny Deger wrote:
"Don Homuth" dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:26:34 -0700, Danny Deger
wrote:


I was a fighter pilot for the Air Force for several years and hated
formation landings more than anything else I ever did. No room for
error.

Formation Landings should be for show purposes -- like the Blue Angels
and Thunderbirds.

Which is, come to think of it, what this landing apparently was as
well.

Landing in trail is the safer way, if what you're concerned about is
airplanes and lives.

My thoughts exactly. Like I said I hated formation landings.

Danny Deger
www.dannydeger.net

With nose wheel airplanes, stacked laterally at co-speed through the
landing with no stack down for the trailer on final I never had a
problem with section landings. Of course there was always the ever
present potential for a tire blowout on the lead at touchdown.
(hopefully the tire away from me :-)
Never did section landings in prop fighters and never recommended them
either. Bad juju, especially in Mustangs. Much better to have at least
several thousand feet between touchdowns in these airplanes.
Dudley Henriques