Operation Glass Overcast

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Every detail of the flight is discussed and reviewed until Frank is satisfied everyone has it down. A launch order and also the speeds and altitude to be flown were briefed. We launched the VariEzes followed by Velocities, then Cozies, LongEzs etc. The one of a kind airplanes fell in with the types that most closely matched their climb and approach speeds. The flight leaders for each flight would launch from 18L at FLD and each subsequent aircraft in the flight would alternate sides and count to 5 (One One Thousand, Two One Thousand etc) and they would begin the roll. The next flight of aircraft would space 30 seconds between flights to allow for some extra spacing on landing at OSH.