missing man formation (English, noun)
expansion: missing man formation (plural missing man formations)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aerial salute to commemorate a deceased person, consisting of a formation of flying aircraft with a space where one plane should be flying.
glosses: A similar formation with one missing member in soccer or motor racing.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: missing man formations
tags: plural