Advanced - T-45 Formation Rendezvous

Front 1

What are the three/four types of rendezvous on takeoff?

Back 1

CV, running, combination or TACAN

Front 2

What is a CV rendezvous and lead's typical parameter?

Back 2

Joining flight in a climbing turn, 30 deg AOB (lead).
Lead may level off (as briefed - Level Rendezvous), procedures remain the same.

Front 3

CV Rendezvous: wing procedures

Back 3

1. Turn to intercept 30deg bearing on lead & maintain
2. Put lead on horizon
3. Use maximum 10 kts closure within 1,000ft
4. Begin join-up 3 wingspans away (150ft)

Front 4

What is 30deg bearing gouge for CV Rendezvous?

Back 4

Opposite wingtip & vertical stab aligned

Front 5

What is max closure for CV Rendezvous?

Back 5

10kts

Front 6

Join-up procedures (from 3 wingspans away, inside, 30deg bearing)

Back 6

1. Increase stepdown to 15 ft, maintaining bearing line until 10 ft nose-to-tail
2. Pause on lead's radius of turn (10 ft nose to tail, 15 ft stepdown)
3. Move up into parade turn-away position

Front 7

What is a running rendezvous and lead's parameters?

Back 7

Join-up while proceding on course (after interval takeoff, in a climb, level, or descent)
Lead: briefed course, airspeed, 92-94% pwr

Front 8

What side does wing step out during running rendezvous?

Back 8

13/17: Right
31/35: Left
Westside...

Front 9

Wing procedure for running rendezvous

Back 9

1. As soon as clean: flatten out & step out 250-300' (turn & put lead just outside HUD for 5s)
2. 2000ft -- 50 kts closure (300kts) with lead on horizon
3. 1000ft -- 25 kts closure (aircraft size of pipper...)
4. Passing canopy bow, slow to 265 (15kts closure)
5. Approaching bearing line, slow to 255-260 (5-10kts closure)

Front 10

What is 'underrun' for a running rendezvous?

Back 10

Idle, boards, turn away (no descent)

Front 11

Section parade position

Back 11

1. 30 deg bearing
2. 3ft wingtip
3. 5 feet stepdown

Front 12

Section parade gouge

Back 12

1. Sight down LE of lead's wing, seeing equal top&bottom portions of wing
2. Align leading corner of stab tip with exhaust nozzle

Front 13

Turns into parameters / procedure

Back 13

Normally 30deg AOB
Maintain position, rolling about lead's longitudinal axis

Front 14

Turns away parameters / procedure

Back 14

Normally 30deg AOB
VFR - rotate about own longitudinal axis
IFR - maintain position, rolling about lead's longitudinal axis

Front 15

VFR turn-away reference gouge

Back 15

Create triangle with leads center canopy bow, canopy rail, and leading edge of wing

Front 16

Box crossunder procedure

Back 16

1. Move back and down (10ft nose-to-tail, 15ft vertical separation
2. Wingdip across (front MDC on underside of lead's intakes
3. Pause on opposite side
4. Drive up and fwd into parade position

Front 17

B&R Procedure

Back 17

1. When lead breaks, maintain for 2 seconds, then break maintaining airspeed & 14-15 units AOA
2. Keep lead on horizon
3. Roll out 1000ft nose-to-tail
4. When lead passes outside of HUD, roll 45deg & stop on bearing line (vert stab & wingtip)
5. Close with <10kts airspeed to join-up pos (150ft away)

Front 18

B&R Scan

Back 18

Altitude, Bearing, Closure (airspeed)

Front 19

Max airspeed differential for B&R (day/night)

Back 19

Day - 10kts
Night - co-airspeed

Front 20

B&R Underrun procedures

Back 20

Lower-level-idle-boards, advise lead
Move to pertched pos (stepped up, 200ft)
Rejoin inside bearing when cleared.

Front 21

When to underrun on B&R?

Back 21

1. Uncontrolled closure rate near or in join-up phase
2. Extremely acute

Front 22

What is a TACAN rendezvous?

Back 22

Visual rendezvous in a circle

Front 23

What are required TACAN rendezvous parameters?

Back 23

1. Fix radial & DME
2. Tangent direction (normally left)
3. Airspeed & altitude

Front 24

When is TACAN rendezvous used?

Back 24

Departure with marginal weather, to establish visual contact in nonvisual contact situations

Front 25

What are lead's procedures for TACAN rendezvous?

Back 25

1. Start 30deg AOB turn at briefed fix, airspeed and altitude.
2. Call each point when passing.

Front 26

What are wing's procedures for TACAN rendezvous?

Back 26

1. Fly to fix with 500ft of stepdown
2. Call each point when passing
Upon seeing lead:
3. Day: call visual, intercept bearing, establish fuselage alignment, climb to altitude & proceed as in CV rendezvous

Night limits:
1. Must be established on bearing with fuselage alignment before climbing to altitude
2. AOB limited to 45 degrees

Front 27

Procedure for lead change

Back 27

1. Pass signal
2. Move out to 10ft wingtip clearance
3. Stepdown to 5ft below, reducing power to avoid moving farther ahead of lead
4. Move back to 30deg bearing line
5. Stabilize and move up into parade position

Front 28

New lead's immediate responsibility

Back 28

Fuel check once wing in parade position