To those unfamiliar with formation flying, flight within a wingspan’s distance of another airplane looks eerily similar to an imminent collision. And collisions in airplanes generally don’t end well.
The article contrasts two distinct approaches to mass aircraft arrivals at Oshkosh: the Bonanza group's structured formation flying and the Mooney Caravan's "loosely spaced" in-trail model. The ...
Show host Bill Vasilovich rides the back seat as part of Formation flight training. Show host Bill Vasilovich rides the back seat as part of Formation flight training in Russian and Chinese YAK ...
Eighteen pilots and their aircraft will be doing the training Thursday through the weekend ...
The 139th Airlift Wing has its second C-130 Hercules back up flying after the U.S. Air Force grounded the aircraft in September. The second aircraft allows Rosecrans Air National Guard pilots to ...
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