``V'' FOR FUEL SAVINGS
Building on the traditional ``V'' formation that allows each bird flying aft of the lead bird to reduce drag and conserve energy, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., established the Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF) project. A NASA F/A-18 in the wingtip vortex behind another F/A...
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