Comments on: Skeins of geese gain a 70% range advantage by flying in formation https://www.isegoria.net/2024/05/skeins-of-geese-gain-a-70-range-advantage-by-flying-in-formation/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2024/05/skeins-of-geese-gain-a-70-range-advantage-by-flying-in-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-3682908 Bob Sykes Thu, 02 May 2024 11:58:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51064#comment-3682908 One has to wonder what the aerodynamics of the huge WW II bomber formations were. Often hundreds of large aircraft flew in tight formations.

PS. “Twelve O’Clock High” is still one of the best war films ever made.

]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2024/05/skeins-of-geese-gain-a-70-range-advantage-by-flying-in-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-3682791 Bruce Wed, 01 May 2024 17:08:06 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51064#comment-3682791 Begun, the drone wars have. Small drones are cheap and effective. Big drones, airplanes, and any static target you can Google is vulnerable.

In ‘General Kenney Reports’, Kenney’s memoir of the Pacific War, he mentions Lindberg showing up quasi-illegally. Kenney put the man who babied a single-engine plane across the Atlantic in charge of training P-38 pilots to baby their fuel use, and P-38 ranges doubled.

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