- Airbus recently celebrated its annual Family Day event
- The aircraft manufacturer showcased many planes from its roster
- They even performed a special maneuver just like the military
Airbus recently marked its annual Family Day event by performing a ‘family flight’ formation with seven planes from its roster.
It is a unique tradition for the plane manufacturer that celebrates the company’s aircraft and its community.
Airbus marked its 21st official family flight with several of its planes performing a formation in close proximity to each other.
It was just like seeing fighter jet formations you see the military perform.
Airbus ‘family flight’ formation
Airbus pulled off the wild stunt with the company’s A321LR and A321XLR demonstrators, an A350-900, A350-1000, and A330neo.
However, that’s not all, there were two more rare metal giants joining these common commercial airplanes.
Out of the seven airplanes, two of them stood out like sore thumbs.
One of them was an outsized BelugaXL freighter plane.
Another was an ATR72 turboprop from the ATR stable based just across the road from Airbus HQ in Blagnac.
For the uninitiated, it will be quite weird to see an ATR propellor plane at an Airbus event, but the manufacturer holds a 50 percent stake in the regional airliner.
Family Day event
Airbus held the flight formation as part of its Family Day event in Toulouse, Southwest France.
They hold the event to host the local community at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport and also the thousands of employees who work for the company, plus their families.
Out of the aircraft present that day, the A321s were the shortest at 44.5m (146ft).
While the A350-1000 was the longest at 73.8m (242ft).
However, the biggest aircraft was definitely the BelugaXL.
It’s not the first time we have seen commercial planes do such stunts, but never in such a synchronized pattern.
However, there was one time when an American Airlines Airbus A321 and Boeing 737 synchronized for a parallel landing.
