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| On March 7, 2011, the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft (BF-1) completed its 100th flight with BAE test pilot Peter Wilson at the controls. BF-1 flew in short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) mode to continue expansion of the STOVL flight envelope to demonstrate design durability and in preparation for shipboard testing scheduled for later this year. The F-35B is the first JSF variant with two aircraft completing 100 flights and will be the first stealth fighter for the U.S. Marine Corps and is undergoing test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River. Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin. |
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| On March 7, 2011, the first F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft (BF-1) completed its 100th flight with BAE test pilot Peter Wilson at the controls. BF-1 flew in short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) mode to continue expansion of the STOVL flight envelope to demonstrate design durability and in preparation for shipboard testing scheduled for later this year. The F-35B is the first JSF variant with two aircraft completing 100 flights and will be the first stealth fighter for the U.S. Marine Corps and is undergoing test and evaluation at NAS Patuxent River. Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin. |
The marines should buy a VTOL version of the F-22.
ReplyDeleteanonimous.A vtol version of the F-22 doesn't exist
ReplyDeleteIt has > 1:1 T/Wt right? Just point it straight up and hit the burners!
ReplyDeleteLanding? Well.. that's an exercise for the reader.
have you heard anythign lately sol about the structural issues they had a few months ago?
ReplyDeletehaven't heard a thing. as a matter of fact the program has been surging ahead of schedule until the latest hiccup.
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