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Old 22nd Jul 2019, 15:52
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nivsy
 
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Originally Posted by MadJackMcMad
It was mentioned on Saturday that the F-35 arrived low on fuel, hence it’s display was much shorter and simpler than what we saw on the Friday. The display on the Friday was a “prop display” with hovering etc. rather than just some flybys. Unfortunately, some didn’t know it arrived low on fuel and did a much shorter display, but quickly jumped to the wrong defence.
Um why would it be low in fuel? Not figured out where the fuelling cap is? 😒🙄
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