F35 to display in the UK this year.
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F35 to display in the UK this year.
A F35 is to display at the RIAT and Farnborough this year.
F-35 Lightning II Jet to make Maiden British Flight
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F-35 Lightning II Jet to make Maiden British Flight
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Hmmm, so many doors, hinges, swivelly bits - all having to work together, every time, without fail...
As one particular 'engineer' might say: "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
As one particular 'engineer' might say: "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
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If it looks right, it flies right!
Not a chance! No high speed pass. No inverted flight! Very large turn radius!
It's a joke! The Lightning was much more impressive and I suspect, more fun to fly!
Not a chance! No high speed pass. No inverted flight! Very large turn radius!
It's a joke! The Lightning was much more impressive and I suspect, more fun to fly!
I will say the noise is most impressive, especially on take off. I have seen B's in the pattern and up pretty close for takeoff and landings. I could not distinguish any lift fan noise over the jet during the rolling landings I saw. The barn door over the lift fan surely looks like it shoud rip off. Must be a robust hinge.
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Originally Posted by Newt
If it looks right, it flies right!
Spitfire ... EE Lightning ... TSR2 ... Chipmunk ... IRMC
As for this LM F-35 thing that looks like a pregnant monkeypea ... no chance ...
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What an absolute pigs ar5e of an aircraft. They should put this thing out of its misery. If that`s all it can manage after endless hours of modelling, simulation and thousands of flying hours; then there`s no hope.
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UK F 35B STO Short Take Off Video Clip
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To someone that understands something of the complexity of what's going on in that take-off it's all very clever. But to a layman it looks like it just about staggers into the air. The punters will be asking why it can't do what the Harrier does - or in the UK "did".
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Hmmm, so many doors, hinges, swivelly bits - all having to work together, every time, without fail...
As one particular 'engineer' might say: "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
As one particular 'engineer' might say: "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
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