At 02:30 17 March 2005, Kilo Charlie wrote:
OK you math guys.....help me out with some
numbers....you out there 9B?!


Go get 'em Casey - grrrr...

...I'm covering the Neanderthal thread. Check it out,
I just folded the 15-minute rule into the discussion
- it'll be hypergolic!

(BTW, I'm inclined to agree with you - for years I
knew where to look when someone called 'four miles'
or got a 'mark' on finishing - now I still look but
odd's are I won't see anyone - particularly on MATs,
so on I go in the blind.

I remember Marine ground attack pilots telling me about
dropping bombs on targets at the same time as incoming
artillery. They called it 'big sky, little bullet'
- this seems like the same doctrine. If the cylinder
is big enough the odds are reduced than any two random
gliders will run into each other, but the price you
pay is making it harder to see and avoid each other
if you do end up on converging courses. Hard to prove
the math of it - too many possible combinations.)

9B