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Old 11-24-2012, 11:12 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...called "echelon" formation flying.
Except the military has always done it 'cause the military mind got stuck on the idea of formations back in the days of the Greek phalanx. Wasn't until years and a lot of reading later that I finally realized what all that "present atms!" and "dress right, dress!" stuff that I had to do in boot camp was about: it's really practical stuff when you're gettiing your company of pikemen ready to stand off a calvary charge :-)
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