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Chase plane
Aircraft which follows another aircraft in order to observe it up close during flight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Chase aircraft" redirects here. For the United States aircraft manufacturer, see Chase Aircraft.
A chase plane is an aircraft that "chases" a "subject" aircraft, spacecraft or rocket, for the purposes of making real-time observations and taking air-to-air photographs and video of the subject vehicle during flight.[1]
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