Clear on Initial
Does anyone know the origins of the military use of Initial Approaches to runways as a means of arranging an orderly flow of multiple traffic entering a circuit pattern.
Was this a WW2 development by USAAC/USAF or the RAF?
And what sort of circuit patterns/arrangements did the Luftwaffe and the Japanese employ in WW2?
The initial approach of a large formation breaking at constant intervals on to a downwind will always be observed as a fascinating spectacle.