Presidewnt reagan's Missing Man Formation

:-)

mike regish

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
(Donning asbestos flame suit)

For political reasons, it would have been appropriate for the RIGHT
WINGman to
be the one that departed.

{;-)


[Flame suit off]


Jim



-In article ,
- emoove (tony) wrote:
-
- Former President Reagan's sunset burial had a dissonant note for me.
The
Navy
- flew a missing man formation over the site, and as is traditional the
second
- element lead position (the airplane that would have been represented
by
your
- ring finger tip as they flew in finger tip formation) left its
position,
- representing the missing man.
-
- For this man, this president, tradition should have been broken. The
missing
- man was a Leader. The lead position should have been the vacant one.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

In article ,
emoove (tony) wrote:

For this man, this president, tradition should have been broken. The missing
man was a Leader. The lead position should have been the vacant one.

Symbolism aside, wouldn't the formation fall apart without a Lead? You'd
end up with a two-ship formation and a single plane flying near each
other, but not in a proper (practiced) formation, right?

I'll have to check that out. The late, John Denver, put the poem to music
in one of his albums as well.

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Then there's the Italian (or French) missing man formation: the three
wingmen pull while the lead continues on course.

That sounds like they're leaving the guy behind.


I speculated what might the suitable formation for the only living two term
United States president, then I was inspired.

It obviously should be two aircraft doing an inflight refueling, with the lower
aircraft getting fuel on its dress -- err, fuselage.

I'll have to check that out.

Hear a one-minute sample of it at
http://www.flightsongrecords.com/sample.htm

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"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
(Donning asbestos flame suit)

For political reasons, it would have been appropriate for the RIGHT
WINGman to
be the one that departed.

{;-)


[Flame suit off]


Jim




Grrrrrrooaaaaaannnnn! ;-)
Marty

Jim Weir wrote in
:

(Donning asbestos flame suit)

For political reasons, it would have been appropriate for the RIGHT
WINGman to be the one that departed.

{;-)



From the formation's viewpoint, it was!

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"Nathan Gilliatt" wrote in message
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In article ,
emoove (tony) wrote:

For this man, this president, tradition should have been broken. The
missing
man was a Leader. The lead position should have been the vacant one.

Symbolism aside, wouldn't the formation fall apart without a Lead? You'd
end up with a two-ship formation and a single plane flying near each
other, but not in a proper (practiced) formation, right?

Kinda wondered about this myself, Nate.
Marty

tony wrote:

I speculated what might the suitable formation for the only living two term
United States president, then I was inspired.

It obviously should be two aircraft doing an inflight refueling, with the lower
aircraft getting fuel on its dress -- err, fuselage.





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emoove (tony) writes:

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All of us know this poem, but from time to time it's worth rereading.

"High Flight"

I've come to prefer works such as:


An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
by William Butler Yeats

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.