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Drake the Outlaw
can see the bank angle a little better in this one. also, while I'm no formation OR airshow specialist, what exactly is going on here? looks like a free for all....
The way it usually works is they give one set of aircraft (say, the fighters) an altitude - maybe 1,000'. And they give the bombers another altitude - say 500'.
OR, they create "lanes" for the aircraft. "Fighters to stay 500' left of runway centerline, bombers to offset just right of the runway." Looked like these aircraft were supposed be separated laterally and the P-63 was following the other fighters and went wide on its turn. He was probably more focused on following the aircraft in front of him than maintaining awareness of other aircraft in the area.