The largest civilian formation flight consisted of 37 Van’s RV Aircraft led by Stu McCurdy (USA). They flew in different close formations during the AirVenture09 Airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, on 28 -29 July 2009

Stu McCurdy also held the previous record. The formation in 2009 was flown to comemmorate the 10th anniversary of FFI (Formation Flying Inc.)