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echelon formation
Sinônimos
wing formation
Definição1
An arrangement of aircraft flying a formation in which each flies at a level above or below another aircraft in the formation and usually at a distance to the right or the left. Aircraft are said to be in the echelon port or the starboard, depending on which side of the leader they are on.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Subárea1
Military Aviation
Português
formação em escalão
Imagem

 A OS2U Kingfisher fly in echelon formation over NAS Jacksonville in 1943.

A OS2U Kingfisher fly in echelon formation over NAS Jacksonville in 1943.

Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Os2u_planes_in_echelon_formation_1943.jpg