"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Danny Deger wrote:
What is the history of the term "section landing"? I flew for the Air
Force and we used the term formation landing. Is is a Navy term?


Held over from the old days really. A section or element was the basic
fighting unit in either fluid two or fighting wing, or in the Navy a loose
deuce pair. It became common to refer to any pair of fighters landing as a
pair as a section; ie; section or element lead and a trailer.
From another post of yours; I'm interested in your comment about the F4
having not much P Factor. How do you have ANY P Factor with an F4?
Dudley Henriques

I was speaking a bit tongue and cheek about the p-factor. It has none. I
should a put a :-) after the statement.

But it really does have very little yaw engine out. Engine out in a light
twin is probably harder to handle than if an F-4.

In the modern day Air Force we call a two ship formation an element. Any
Navy guys out there. Do y'all call it a section.

Danny Deger