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.

Seeing airplanes fly in formation is an exciting experience at something like an air show, where demonstrations of a pilot’s skill and aircraft technology are on full display. But there are other ...

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. The threat of rain failed to dampen the spirits of some 25 or so pilots from around the country who flew in to Pine Bluff's Grider Field for a ...

Airbus next year will begin testing a project it calls Fello'fly, which is designed to facilitate the introduction of formation flying on transatlantic routes as soon as 2025. The goal of the project ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Airbus A350, seen here during a formation flight, will be used during the tests. Birds are the undisputed masters of ...

It’s one of the most intense weekends a pilot can face – the FFI checkride that separates amateurs from professionals. Flying wingtip-to-wingtip in near-perfect precision, every second counts as ...

As we already reported, the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, flew their final formation flight with the “Legacy” F/A-18C/D Hornet on Nov. 4, 2020. After flying the F/A-18C ...

This article investigates optimal cooperative control algorithms for spacecraft formation flying system that can guarantee collision avoidance between spacecrafts. By selecting potential functions to ...