The Boeing Company

Erik Bellandi

Russell J Enns

Bryan E Kashawlic

Stephen Alexander Mohammed

Alex Salem Bourreza

Bryan Ch Chu

An aircraft and method of operating an aircraft include a flight formation control unit configured to automatically transition the aircraft into an automatic flight formation mode in response to the aircraft being within one or both of a predetermined speed or a predetermined range in relation to at least one other aircraft flying within the automatic flight formation mode. The flight formation control unit can be further configured to automatically transition the aircraft out of the automatic flight formation mode in response to detection of a control signal received from one or more flight controls of the aircraft. The flight formation control unit can be further configured to automatically cycle the aircraft and the at least one other aircraft to different positions during the automatic flight formation mode.

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Brookhaven, PA, United States of America

Erik Bellandi