Formation SOPs

[Dangerman]

Fellow pilots

 

After spending 10 years as a fast jet pilot with the RAF and the last 20 flying heavy metal for the airlines, my memory might be hazy but not completely gone.

 

I'm enjoying occasionally messing about with DCS and oculus and have some fun on the aerobatics online 1.5 server...... but see many keen and well meaning pilots who have no reference as to how to fly or lead a formation. I can see there are some that really are trying to do it correctly and safely. ........(we can all ignore the 12 year olds who just roar around and crash into people)

 

...... so i have attached some notes I have put together on how we used to teach and apply formation ops back in the day in the RAF in case anyone is interested. I don't have the training manuals (only tech manuals for the types i flew).....so unfortunately so it is from memory ...things may have changed from when i did this for a living (1986-1998 )

 

I stress this was the way it was done back in the day in the RAF* and may now differ.

*please note...other air forces are available

 

have fun if it is any use to you

Formation notes. .pdf

[feefifofum]

A good read, thanks!

[VZ_342]

Thank you! And just in time, I'm good at terrain avoidance, and learning how to fly formation with an AI aircraft.