Sentence examples for flight leader from inspiring English sources

McKellar was transferred to No. 605 and promoted to Flight Lieutenant, assuming the responsibilities of a flight leader on 21 June 1940.

Steven Ziomek, the flight leader, crackled over the radio.

Flight Leader has also come out of the RSA Chase at 2.40pm.

The flight leader must have at least 3,000 hours of flight time and have commanded a tactical jet squadron.

All navigation, radio transmissions, and tactical decisions are made by the flight leader, who is typically the most experienced pilot.

His flight leader, Major William Umbach, failed to prevent the bombing and even endorsed it, recordings of their radio transmissions show.

This analysis is due by the end of October, when flight leaders have another meeting scheduled.

German flight leaders, such as Oswald Boelcke, Max Immelmann, and Manfred von Richthofen ("the Red Baron"), strictly enforced rules of formation flying.

Forty-five minutes later, the flight leaders spotted the Y-shaped sheen of water cutting through the deeper blackness of trees around houses along the river banks.

The Group also lost seven experienced team leaders (Rottenführer) and flight leaders (Schwarmführer).

They were convinced it was just a reconnaissance in force over the front, and were happy to follow their flight leaders on this basis.