8.20. Introduction Only about 10 percent of USAF flight is conducted at low level, yet over half of total mishaps occur there. Flying high performance aircraft on low level missions significantly increase risk exposure. Reaction times and margin for error are greatly reduced when operating close to the ground. Thorough preflight planning and preflight briefings are imperative for safe and effective low level training. In the T-6, operation at or below 1,500 feet AGL is considered low level navigation. The goal of low level navigation is to fly a selected ground track and arrive at a designated time-over-target.

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