A fighter jet flight is unforgettable on its own. But there is something special about not doing it alone — about turning up with your friends, your team, or your family, sharing the nerves and the grins, and walking away with a story you all lived together.

That is what this Inside MiGFlug piece is about: the two ways you can take to the sky as a group, and why flying together makes an extraordinary experience even better.

Two ways to share the sky

Broadly, there are two flavours of “flying together”, and which one you choose mostly depends on the location and the aircraft.

The first is the showstopper: a real formation flight, with two jets airborne at the same time. The second works anywhere, even where only one jet flies at a time: come as a group, share the whole experience on the ground, and take turns in the cockpit.

Formation flying: wingtip to wingtip

Flying in close formation is, simply, a ton of fun — and it makes the whole experience even more extraordinary. Instead of a jet and an empty sky, you look across and there is your friend, in their own aircraft, just metres off your wing. You get to watch each other fly, and you come home with genuine air-to-air photos and footage of the two jets together that no single-ship flight can match.

Formation flights are possible at a number of MiGFlug locations — for example at Augsburg in Germany — and on request at Riga in Latvia and in Poland. Because the available aircraft and slots shift through the year, the best move is simply to ask us for the latest: tell us where and when you'd like to fly, and we'll confirm what's possible.

Coming as a group: brief together, fly one by one

Not every location flies two jets at once — and that's absolutely no reason to come alone. For those single-jet operations, it is always possible to arrive as a group, do the briefing and all the preparations together, and then fly one after another.

Honestly, this is more fun than it sounds. You share the build-up, the pre-flight briefing and the suiting-up; you cheer each other’s take-offs and watch the aerobatics from the ground; and between flights there's the swapping of stories that every pilot knows is half the experience. By the end of the day everyone has flown, everyone has watched, and the whole group has the same once-in-a-lifetime memory.

Make it a day to remember

Whether it's a stag or birthday surprise, a corporate incentive, a group of aviation-mad friends, or a family finally ticking off a shared bucket-list dream, flying together turns a personal thrill into a collective one. Tell us your group size, your preferred location, and your dates, and we'll help you build the perfect day — formation flight or group booking.