The RAF is 95 years old today

[Beardmoresam]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

The final reason, but I don't believe this one, is that the Navy and the Army have a limited number of sideways paces on the parade square before they turn and march proper. The RAF doesn't. But I've always had it in my head that the maximum sideways paces was six, and I've never wrong.

I always thought that was the reason.
I couldn't see anything in AP818 that has anything about limits, but I'm not in the RAF or have I ever been so I may be very wrong.