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PRONUNCIATION OF FLIGHT FORMATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLIGHT FORMATION

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flight formation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLIGHT FORMATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flight formation in the English dictionary

The definition of flight formation in the dictionary is two or more aircraft flying together in a set pattern.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLIGHT FORMATION

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flight lieutenant
flight line
flight log
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flight path
flight plan
flight recorder
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FLIGHT FORMATION

accreditation
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communication
confirmation
conversation
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Synonyms and antonyms of flight formation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flight formation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLIGHT FORMATION

Find out the translation of flight formation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flight formation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flight formation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

编队飞行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vuelo en formación
570 millions of speakers

English

flight formation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उड़ान गठन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشكيل الرحلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

формирование полета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

formação de vôo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্লাইট গঠন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

formation de vol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembentukan penerbangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flugformation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飛行編隊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비행 형성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Formasi penerbangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình thành chuyến bay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விமானம் உருவாக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उड्डाण निर्मिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uçuş oluşumu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

formazione di volo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

formacja lotu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

формування польоту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

formarea de zbor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχηματισμός της πτήσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlug vorming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flygning bildning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flight dannelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flight formation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIGHT FORMATION»

The term «flight formation» is normally little used and occupies the 145.410 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIGHT FORMATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flight formation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIGHT FORMATION»

Discover the use of flight formation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flight formation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flight Formation Control
Both researchers and companies have a growing interest in improving this type of vehicle given their many civilian and military applications. This book presents the state of the art in the area of UAV Flight Formation.
Josep Guerrero, Rogelio Lozano, 2012
2
Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems
To understand better the mechanism of the leader-follower formation scheme, we present in this section the coordinate systems and the kinematics model involved in flight formation. We should note that the matching of velocities and the ...
Guowei Cai, Ben M. Chen, Tong Heng Lee, 2011
3
Effects of JetStream31 Level Cruise Flight Variations on ...
This study is based on the development of a flight formation for several aircraft in order to simulate the natural V-shape style of a bird flight. The airflow from the wingtips of an aircraft can actually provide energy, and thereby more efficient flight, ...
Emilie Garbi, 2007
4
A Potential Field Based Formation Control Methodology for ...
To achieve flight formation according to a given scenario, each UAV independently takes off towards its corresponding trajectory and locks onto it in finite time. Only the leader is equipped with sensors, and it communicates to the other team ...
Laura E. Barnes, 2008
5
Mission to Mach 2: A Fighter Pilot's Memoir of Supersonic Flight
... break off the formation and practice the demonstration maneuvers, with me flying in different positions. I flew the left wing and the right wing and the slot almost every day from that time until Maglione became the new flight formation leader.
Robert Earl Haney, Lee Courtnage, 2011
6
Aces Against Germany
In this case, the airplanes coming down at the bombers were in close flight formation and the flights were more in trail than our spread-out squadron formations. There were about twenty-five Me-109s coming in from above and head-on to us ...
Eric Hammel, 2010
7
Fighter Combat Tactics in the Southwest Pacific Area
Every effort should be made to maintain a flight formation at all times. Flights are many times unavoidably split up, in which case the elements should remain intact , and should attempt to rejoin into a flight formation as soon as possible.
Fighter Pilots of the Fifth Air Force, USAAF, 1997
8
Aces Against Japan
As it looked like a big operation with the probability of seeing combat, the more- experienced pilots were chosen to fly. Our call sign would be the same as always : Copper. We would fly sixteen P-38s in the usual flight formation. Call signs of ...
Eric Hammell, 2010
9
Basic Field Manual: Tactics and technique of air-borne troops
Experience has shown that the battalion landing area will have a larger pattern than a platoon area because of the large cumulative pilot error occurring when many transports fly in a column formation. (2) Variations in the flight formation have ...
United States. War Dept, 1942
10
Modélisation, Commande Et Vol en Formation Des Mini-drones
This thesis devoted to the design and implementation of control laves for UAV flight formation. It also concerns the development of a robust control methodology considering parametric uncertainty for autonomous flight of mini-UAVs.
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIGHT FORMATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flight formation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Life Gets Airborne for the Gary Air Show
After being briefed by Dave “Cupid” Monroe, who holds the Right Wing Position in the flight formation, they suited up and climbed into the plane ... «LaPorteCountyLife.com, Jul 15»
2
US fighter jet makes first Canadian appearance at Abbotsford Airshow
The aircraft will be participating in a Heritage Flight formation, in addition to its solo demo. The audience can expect to see the jet do some ... «Vancity Buzz, Jul 15»
3
from the sky to the road, bentley salutes aerobatic breitling jets
... their signature flight formation. the headrests include logos and graphics of the series that match the individual jet. 'the bentley continental GT ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
4
Wednesday's papers: Soini to be PM next week, Russians shot …
... military official saying that Russian planes had fired flares and flown so closely to Swedish jets that they had to break their flight formation. «YLE News, Jun 15»
5
ShrinersFest breaks attendance record
ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS A F-16C Fighting Falcon and a P-51D Mustang fly in a Heritage Flight formation during the 2015 ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jun 15»
6
Photo contest: Search is on for 2015 Amateur Photographer of BC
In addition to a solo performance, the F-22 Raptor will participate in a Heritage Flight formation with a restored 1945 P-51 “Val-Halla” from ... «Prince Rupert Northern View, Jun 15»
7
The Blue Angels make a comeback
ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS A F-16C Fighting Falcon and a P-51D Mustang fly in a Heritage Flight formation during the 2015 ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jun 15»
8
EMC2 fills en-route communications gap
This dramatically changes en-route planning factors, such as number of FISA and IVE equipment available, flight formation/distance for ANW2, ... «C4ISR & Networks, Jun 15»
9
Rusk County air show honors D-Day with special 'invasion'
Scheduled to perform again this year is the Falcon Flight Formation Flying Team. There also will be vintage airplanes displayed besides ... «Longview News-Journal, Jun 15»
10
RSAF to perform special aerial flypast on NDP as tribute to Mr Lee
RSAF also announced the tribute on their Facebook page, with a picture of the flight formation enclosing the black-and-white ribbon of Mr Lee. «AsiaOne, May 15»

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