Originally Posted by
Ewan Whosearmy
The Airboss had briefed the fighters to stay high and bombers to stay low, with the option for the fighters to share the bomber altitude block if everything looked clear.
Something I have noticed with the tightening of regulations in the UK is that aircraft groups, formations or singletons do not cross into other groups, formations, singletons flight area. They keep their separation whether it be altitude or distance.
You may have a high-altitude component that keeps within a tighter radius of the airfield with a lower component using a wider radius. As long as everyone keeps to that rule it seems to work without any conflicts.
Originally Posted by
WHBM
B-17 apparently being flown by retired American Airlines captains.
A lot of warbirds are flown by current or retired airline pilots. A lot of those pilots also have prior military experience.