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flight formation

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noun
  1. an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
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  • He consulted ornithologists, and learned that the configuration of parallel lines agrees with the flight-formation of cranes.

    The Book of the Damned

    Charles Fort

British Dictionary definitions for flight formation

flight formation

noun
  1. two or more aircraft flying together in a set pattern
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