Coarse Combat
From the back of my logbook, an exerpt from a longer article attributed to Sqn Ldr K.G.Holland, Wildenrath, Feb 1977. The article covers the brief, mission and debrief. This bit concerns the formation take-off.
"Improving the Needle
The best way to spread the already well-sown seeds of confusion is on the take-off. When everybody in the section is ready for the off, tap your head three times, nod it, wait five seconds, then let go the brakes. The take-off should then be a complete shambles but remember that the leader is always right. Anyway, it'll give them something to think about on the climb. The only other thing you can do is to call non-existent aircraft and roast the rest of the formation for not seeing them. The section is now mentally prepared for the fray."
Vintage stuff.