December 11, 20196 yr Lonely no more, have a wingman with you on that Memphis to Paris leg. Looks like only ex-military pilots need apply for Fedex flying jobs if this idea takes off. Quote Boeing says formation flight tests conducted with FedEx Express using two 777F freighters confirm the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% by flying in the wingtip vortex of the lead aircraft. https://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/boeing-fedex-777f-tests-confirm-wake-fuel-burn-benefit AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
December 12, 20196 yr So... drafting (slipstreaming) in the air is a thing now? Cool! Race cars have been doing it for years though.. It could be somewhat fatiguing on the trailing crew though.. (I'm not signing up even a free account just to read the full article). Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
December 12, 20196 yr I wonder how safe that is. I couldn't read the entire article, so maybe that is explained. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 12, 20196 yr Migratory birds have been doing this for thousands of years. Guess we are slow learners. 😉 Chris Dauth. Hervey Bay, Australia. YHBA Thermaltake Level 10 GT case , Gigabyte z370 Gaming 7 Motherboard, Intel i7 8700k 6 cores @ 5ghz, 32gb DDR4 ram @ 3000Mhz, Corsair H80i Liquid cooling, nVidia GTX 1070ti Foundation Edition 8Gb, Windows 10 Pro running on a 250gb Western Digital NVMe SSD, Prepar3D v4 Professional Plus 4.5.14.34698 running on a dedicated 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD, + 4 mechanical 2Tb HDDs.
December 13, 20196 yr The crew doesn’t have to hand fly the formation. The autopilot would be able to do it. Drones have already demonstrated formation flying and inflight refueling.
December 14, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, KevinAu said: The crew doesn’t have to hand fly the formation...... Shh! Don't tell the Red Arrows... (other aerobatic teams are available, but I'm English). Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
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