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Old August 5th 07, 03:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dudley Henriques[_2_]
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Default Section landing?



Richard Riley wrote:
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:36:11 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:


Danny Deger wrote:
What is the history of the term "section landing"? I flew for the Air
Force and we used the term formation landing. Is is a Navy term?

Held over from the old days really. A section or element was the basic
fighting unit in either fluid two or fighting wing, or in the Navy a
loose deuce pair. It became common to refer to any pair of fighters
landing as a pair as a section; ie; section or element lead and a trailer.
From another post of yours; I'm interested in your comment about the F4
having not much P Factor. How do you have ANY P Factor with an F4?
Dudley Henriques


Rotation of the earth?


Coriolis effect. :-)