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| The third production model of the F-35 Lightning II, F-35A AF-8, completed its inaugural flight on 6 May 2011 from NAS Fort Worth JRB with Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti at the controls. |
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When was this plane originally supposed to fly?
ReplyDelete"When was this plane originally supposed to fly?"
ReplyDeleteEarlier. The point is, it's flying now.
well said Sferrin.
ReplyDeletethese guys refuse to get with the here and now. they dwell on past failures and fail to see current success.
they're psychotic in their dislike of this program...it would be comical if it wasn't so sad.
I wonder when it will make it to Eglin?
ReplyDeleteThis is also the first flight of a LRIP2 F-35.
Graham did an article where he said "F-35's darken the skies"...we don't seem to be too far off from that being a fact.
ReplyDeletei do know that the Marine Corps already has their training unit stood up at Eglin...i think the USAF does too, they're all suppose to be training with F-16's as surrogates.
"these guys refuse to get with the here and now. they dwell on past failures and fail to see current success.
ReplyDeletethey're psychotic in their dislike of this program...it would be comical if it wasn't so sad."
Putting personal feelings for the A/C aside for the moment, how can you say you can just ignore past failures? Should we ignore Bernie Madoff's past failures if he sucessfully opens a MacDonalds in the future? Yes, any sucess for this program is good news, but to ignore how far behind and over budget it is would be irresponsible.
@Privateer454: Should we keep bitching about the Super Hornet's wing drop problem and problems with munition seperation? How 'bout the weak engines in the Tomcat or lack of engines for the F-15 early in the program? At some point these whiners need to come back to reality.
ReplyDeleteActually yes, I would have bitched incessantly about the F-14's engine woes had the internet been a tool back then like it is today. I would have kept bitchin until the problem got fixed (and then probably would have kept going because it took so long). The F-35's program problems have not been fixed - it is still way over budget and off target costs and way behind schedule - so why shouldn't it be talked about?
ReplyDeleteAlso, for the record, I have huge problems with the SH. Any one of the proposed F-14 upgrade programs beyond the D would have resulted in a superior airplane to the SH, with the potential to go even further than the SH has with ongoing upgrades.