Night formation before the days of NVGs ? The Scimitar had a formation light on the wing tip and of course track and relative speeds were known. Surprising how much you can see with the instrument lighting turned down or off, relying on the phosphorescence of the needles.
Whilst still training, tried to join one night with the lead on the dark side, when his formation light had failed. What’s the only other white light ? Yep, the tail light ! SOP form up was the only reason I went underneath and didn’t hit him !
