This makes too much sense not to try.
Could passenger planes begin flying in formation to draft each other’s wingtip vortex effects? One Airbus-based startup concept thinks so. The concept uses a formation idea inspired by birds, who commute north to south and back in large V shapes to capitalize on the updraft generated by the birds in front.
✈ You love badass planes. So do we. Let’s nerd out over them together.
That would be an impressive sight.