Lesson: Formation Flight
Overview & Purpose
Student will learn skills and information needed to successfully fly formation with a wing of F-18.
Education Standards
- Student will be taught useful sight lines and bearing lines needed for different formations.
- Student will be introduced to all basic and useful formations used in DCS.
Objectives
- Student will maintain close formation.
- Student will maintain cruise formation.
- Student will demonstrate ability to shift from left to right echelon and vice versa.
- Student will attempt section landing with mentor.
Verification
- Mentor will ensure student maintains proper distances and altitudes.
- Mentor will ensure formations are executed and maintained properly.
- Mentor will ensure student performs all proper comms and airfield etiquette.
Activity
Mentor will begin the flight with the student in lead position and demonstrate expected distances and tolerances for the various formations. Once student is ready let them shift to the two slot and allow student to go through all formations.
Check-off
Mentor will ensure students overhead breaks are within all tolerances by the end of this lesson for a check off if needed.