A few "ditty" questions

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A few "ditty" questions

Post by takeone » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:47 pm

Okay... couple of dumb questions...

What does BUP stand for... i.e. the Delta BUP? For the life of me, I can't put anything together.

How did the solos get called "blue" when you call them by a pair? Does anyone know when this started...? and why BLUE?

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Re: A few "ditty" questions

Post by Rhino » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:56 pm

takeone wrote:Okay... couple of dumb questions...

What does BUP stand for... i.e. the Delta BUP? For the life of me, I can't put anything together.
BUP: Bottom Up Pass
takeone wrote: How did the solos get called "blue" when you call them by a pair? Does anyone know when this started...? and why BLUE?
"Blue" I believe refers to the solos as a section. I believe "Red" is 1 and 2, "White" is 3 and 4, and "Blue" is 5 and 6.
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Post by BonJobie » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:12 pm

Red, White and Blue is correct. (When numbers 7 and 8 join the formation they would be referred to as "Grey/Gray") In the US Air Force the two ship formations are referred to as "elements" instead of "sections" as in the USN. :wink:

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One last question...

Post by takeone » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:21 pm

Sorry...forgot this one...

"Diamond is stretch 3"...

I get that...in Arrowhead...diamond is stretched behind Boss...right?

But this one I'm not sure of..

"Diamond is stretch 10"...

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Post by Lawndart » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:34 pm

Stretched is a timing reference... Diamond is 3 seconds behind planned 'interval' timing" or in the other example you gave, 10 seconds behind etc. The opposite call would be: "Diamond's tight ten".

Each maneuver is timed from its show center pass to the next maneuver's show center call (incl. Solos) down to the second, and when Boss sees he's 3 seconds late in his reposition for the next maneuver is when he'd call: "Diamond's stretched three".

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Post by takeone » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:56 am

AWESOME...thanks Kris. This makes more sense now.
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