Chase plane

"Chase aircraft" redirects here. For the United States aircraft manufacturer, see Chase Aircraft.

Two chase aircraft, a Learjet 23 and a Cessna T-37, in formation with a NASA Boeing 747 905 as part of a wing vortex experiment.

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]

  1. ^ Dowling, Stephen (June 1, 2015). "NASA's fleet of fighter planes". BBC.