Originally Posted by
Dominator2
Ken,
When I was taught formation flying, or indeed taught others on Fast Jet OCUs one never looked at your own wintips for reference. If one could manage to formate (and AAR )in the British F4 and Tornado F3 (Bypass engines) both with a lot of throttle lag it would not be a problem in the Phenom. Having done hunderds of hours of formation in the Dominie the problem is always loosing sight, especially cross cockpit. Formation flying should be taught to ALL pilots at Basic Flying Training prior to streaming, but that is another story!
Id prefer the time and money spent landing something like a king air to train the guys to land on grass or dirt and the changes it makes to the planning cycle, considerations, risk management. The closest you operationally get to other multis aircraft is battle/fighting wing. Close multis formation seems to be a hang up from cold war days. Not sure it's necessary in this day and age.