Formation flying is harder than it sounds. You need a constantly evolving mental model of where every other aircraft is at all times, even if you can’t see them, & there are visual illusions galore A flight of 2 isn’t bad. A 4 ship is higher intensity – you better know your escapes if things go wrong Start getting over that & things can go dramatically wrong in a hurry. This is an unfortunate representation of that
Formation flying is harder than it sounds. You need a constantly evolving mental model of where every other aircraft is at all times, even if you can’t see them, & there are visual illusions galore A flight of 2 isn’t bad. A 4 ship is higher intensity – you better know your escapes if things go wrong Start getting over that & things can go dramatically wrong in a hurry. This is an unfortunate representation of that
@MCCCANM From conversations with Air Force types, I gathered that formation training in T-38 was the most frequent reason for washouts 🤔
@dougdrvr I was never rated in the T-38, only flew in it 4 or 5 times. Fun jet, but I certainly wouldn’t call it easy!