2. 180' SIDE APPROACH

The difference between the 180' side approach and the 90' side approach is the greatly increased rate of closure. Start your turn into the target when the towing airplane is about 15' in front of you. You should have completed 90' of your turn and be almost within range of the target when it comes abreast of you. Continue your turn, fly very smoothly, and pull the

bead of your sight through the target until you have the proper deflection. When your range, your line of flight, and deflection are all correct, fire.

Break away from the target by chandelling up and over. In the 180' side approach, never get below the target and never fire at. an angle of less than 20'.

3 OVERHEAD APPROACH OR PASS

Position yourself about 2500 feet above the target and far enough ahead so that you can see it just behind the trailing edge of the wing. Pull your airplane into a climbing turn into the target until your IAS is about 150 mph. Increase the rate of your turn and drop your nose below the horizon until you are directly behind the target and diving at it at an angle of about 45'. (Keep the target in sight at all times.)

Draw the bead of sight through the target until you have the proper deflection and.-correct_ range. Fire. Important: After firing, recover to the side of the target from which you started the attack. Do not recover behind, below, or forward of the target and towing airplane.

Caution: When you are attacking at -270 mph your left rudder pressure increases. Anticipate this increase and compensate for it by using rudder trim tabs.