formate
Noun

formate (plural formates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.
Verb

formate (formates, present participle formating; past and past participle formated)

  1. (aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
    • 1949, The Aeroplane, Volume 76, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TXnmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22formating|formated%22&dq=%22formating|formated%22&hl=en&ei=aJxkTuCuL-SimQXgzpGMCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBzg8 page 699],
      Tiger Moths from the Reserve Flying Schools at Rochester and Cambridge competed with each other at formating in the gusty conditions, Rochester just winning.
    • 2002 July, Richard L. Collins, Piper Seneca V: a classic light twin.., in Flying, [http://books.google.com/books?id=cSZdKLCDb7kC&pg=PA68&dq=%22formating|formated%22&hl=en&ei=2J5kTurmDMrrmAWE9_CeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAzhQ#v=onepage&q=%22formating|formated%22&f=false page 68],
      Formating with Patty Wagstaff' s modified Baron, flown by Dale Snodgrass, was fun on a beautiful morning, though all you learn about an airplane while formating is the power response (very smooth) and the response to control pressures.
    • 2003, Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two, [http://books.google.com/books?id=zVbhC2_F3XEC&pg=PA74&dq=%22formating|formated%22&hl=en&ei=2J5kTurmDMrrmAWE9_CeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCThQ#v=onepage&q=%22formating|formated%22&f=false page 74],
      Actually, the leader of the formation was supposed to maintain the eagle-eyed vigil necessary to ensure that his formation kept out of harm's way, because the pilots formating on him had to keep all their attention riveted on his aircraft; but the Air Force recognized that with inexperienced pilots leading formations it was wise to splash extra lookouts around liberally.



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