They could land as a vic but it wouldn’t really be neat because any formation landing involves building in nose-tail seperation just before touchdown in case there is a nosewheel steering hardover on landing. So, 2&3 would have to drop back from 1, then 3 would have to drop back from 2. It wouldn’t ...

Another reason for the performance takeoff is that, in air 2 air fit, ie not tanks, the single seater needs the 70 deg climb to stop it accelerating through the Mach in the climb. So, if on a Q scramble for example, the quickest way to height in full burner without the associated boom is performance...

It’s not really a fast jet thing to perform de-rated take-offs to preserve engine life. I’m not totally familiar with the Typhoon but each take off (unless it was a formation t/o when the leader would not use full power) was at full power in every military type I’ve flown so I can’t see that it woul...