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June 14th 04, 03:06 AM
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Cub Driver wrote: For political reasons, it would have been appropriate for the RIGHT WINGman to be the one that departed. Isn't it always? I think of a finger-four as the fingers of my right hand, with the lead being the middle finger. The Missing Man is the leader of the second element, flying to the right and behind the leader of the flight--the ring finger of the right hand. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org It depends on whether the formation is "Hard Right" or "Hard Left". In the latter, #3 is on the left and pulls, as it is always #3 in a 4-ship that pulls and "flies West." 
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