Oshkosh 2021: Formation Flying Fun with Cessnas to Oshkosh
Published on July 2021
In this engaging feature, author Mike Jones prepares to participate in the ultimate aviation spectacle by flying the legendary Cessna Mass Arrival — the largest single formation of aircraft since World War II — into Oshkosh, the world's biggest airshow. The hurdle? He needs to master precision formation flying. At a rigorous training clinic in North Carolina, civilian pilots team up to learn skills they’ll need: tight seventy-five-foot spacing, constant throttle adjustments, and a whole new set of radio skills. This is what it takes to safely bring over a hundred diverse aircraft into a single flight, filling the skies over Wisconsin in July. Whether you are a seasoned aviator or an armchair enthusiast, discover the intensity, the challenges, the problems, the risks and the pizza behind this incredible mass fly-in.q
