via the Dew Line.
The United Kingdom's first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production jet made its inaugural test flight on 13 April. The aircraft, an F-35B short takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) model, flew a series of functional flight checks during the sortie. Lockheed's Bill Gigliotti was at the controls during the 45-minute flight.Second.
This new guy Dave over at that shop is bringing a very different spin to that blog. It was once solidly in the Bill Sweetman/Bob Cox/APA bash the F-35 at every occassion whether deserved or not.
He doesn't seem to be part of that coalition. When news on the F-35 is to be reported, he's on it. Whether its good or bad.
Psst.. that's the wrong pic ;)
ReplyDeletei just posted a pic of the first F-35 in my library. i don't know if the one on the Dew Line is the actual airplane that flew that day or not.
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be that it is. No tail markings and has a UK roundel on the wing.
ReplyDeleteSol, you may be interested to know that today's Times is carrying a front-page article claiming that the UK service chiefs have "unanimously" recommended that Britain revert to an F-35B purchase. This is in order to bring the aircraft into service within a reasonable time frame, and to allow both carriers to be operated.
ReplyDeleteI would have posted a link, but the Times site has to be paid for.