Sharpe_95 Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) As title :) http://www.airtattoo.com/news/2014/apr/17/f-35-lightning-strikes-the-air-tattoo-this-summer http://www.farnborough.com/Public/page.cfm/action=library/libID=5/libEntryID=5/listID=1 -Sharpe Edited April 23, 2014 by Sharpe_95
PFunk1606688187 Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 I wasn't sure if I read that right, are these going to be aircraft flying under the authority of the USMC and/or RN or are these airframes intended for those bodies that'll be flown by Lockheed test pilots? Either way, it'll be a grand bit of PR. Warning: Nothing I say is automatically correct, even if I think it is.
Sharpe_95 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Sorry P*Funk, I don't really know. What I can say is that for at least RIAT there is 1 JSF flying under the RAF banner and 2 under the USMC banner this is listed in the confirmed aircraft list listed as 'F' (flying). -Sharpe
aaron886 Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 They have a very basic demo flown by USMC pilots already. You can see it on YouTube, but it's nothing particularly exciting except to see how stable the hover is. Hopefully they come up with something more dramatic for RIAT. yRtPtcAaULk
Snoopy Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 They have a very basic demo flown by USMC pilots already. You can see it on YouTube..... That's because she's fragile and already has stress cracks :music_whistling: v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
ENO Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Is that common on early edition aircraft? "ENO" Type in anger and you will make the greatest post you will ever regret. "Sweetest's" Military Aviation Art
aaron886 Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 Is that common on early edition aircraft? Definitely, especially for something that is still technically in flight testing. They're just parading it around, not really giving a capabilities demonstration.
Sharpe_95 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Posted April 24, 2014 While I don't want to start with the JSF bashing (it's always the same with new airframes, I remember it with F 22, Typhoon and probably all the way back to the Spitfire). That said one can assume that as JSF is showing up the tickets for the show have doubled, and will inflate at a rate of 1% per week until the show date. -Sharpe
Maximus_Lazarus Posted April 24, 2014 Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) Ouch lol , that "golf clap" in the end Also, i heard "extreme agility" , but they did not really show it , just a very cautious take off and landing it seemed ? edit* nevermind i should read before posting Edited April 24, 2014 by Maximus_Lazarus [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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