I guess I first learned about formation flying when my flight instructor, Larry Whitesell, told a story involving—he thought—his buddy, Vince Wynn, who instructed for a school up the road, Cardinal ...

We took off with 109 airplanes flying in perfect formation toward Oshkosh — the world’s busiest airshow. Everything was going smoothly until we got intercepted mid-flight. What happened next turned an ...

Flying in tight formation from takeoff to landing, two pilots in Piper Warrior (PA-28) aircraft showcase incredible skill and coordination at Hässlö Flygförening, Sweden’s largest flying club based at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An airshow team that debuted at Thunder Over Louisville this year soared about Bardstown on Sunday. Smoke On Aviation, an airshow team of pilots from Louisville, taught ...

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions. NPL, along with ...

A pair of spacecraft have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, marking a milestone with major implications for both science and future space missions. The pair ...

The Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport is preparing to welcome thousands for the 2025 Southern Heritage Air Foundation Air ...

Satellites would be based on cubesat designs provided by Open Cosmos. Credit: Open Cosmos Astroscale UK and Open Cosmos have won a £5.15 million ($6.9 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense ...

MILAN—The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a pair of satellites to demonstrate precision formation-flying in orbit. Liftoff of the Proba-3 mission is slated for Nov. 29 aboard an ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists. The European Space Agency ...

A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency mission, called Proba-3, will allow scientists “to see an eclipse on demand,” as ...