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Old 3rd Oct 2018, 20:35
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BluSdUp
 
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This reminds me of Tampere Finland a few years ago.
Great fun watching pairs of F18s taking of rwy 24.
They had two narrow red lines offset some 7 or 8 meters each side of center-line for offset tracking in case the lead rejected, I suppose!
Brilliant to watch."
Not so brilliant one day on rwy 06 when my FO was bang on the RH line on a snow covered rwy despite my call:" SenterLine "
As we flared I realized what he was up to and left him to it.
He nailed it, but was a bit concerned about the snow bank on his side.
As I corrected onto the centerline upon taking control , some nonstandard calls came from him indicating he just clued in to his slight error.
Back to Sudan.
WTF was that all about?
Formation takeoff or landing with a rather big ( wide) TP?
Any Mil Crew that can enlighten us on the advantage of this.
The dis-advantage we get!
regards
Cpt B
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