AIRBUS
AIRBUS made demo flight (Toulouse-Montreal) of two A350s flying at 3 km apart (in general air traffic regulated transatlantic airspace) using flight control systems that positioned follower aircraft safely in wake updraft of leader aircraft to save fuel.
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