Inside of Turn

When a formation turns, the Wings on the inside of the turn will have to descend and roll (to match the Lead's roll and bank angle) to stay in position. The descent will increase the Wing's airspeed, causing her or him to get ahead of the Lead, unless she or he co-ordinates with a power reduction. This effect will be compounded by the fact that, on the inside of the turn, the Wing is flying a smaller turn circle and will therefore travel a shorter distance than the Lead.

The Wings must make positive inputs as soon as the Lead rolls. The Wings should anticipate reducing power, stay with Lead's roll, and apply forward pressure to descend to stay in position.

Once the Lead stops rolling and is stabilised in the bank, the Wing will have to stop the descent and adjust power to stay in position. Next, the Wings will need to anticipate the Lead rolling out of the bank. Lead's rolling out of a turn will have the same effect as a turn away from the Wing pilot.