Originally Posted by
Easy Street
Because the F35 squadrons are busily trying to train new pilots and instructors for a growing force, while maintaining readiness for ops. And at least as importantly, as the inquiry into the QE accident observed, there are too few engineers on the squadrons for the size of the flying and operational readiness task as it is without adding a display workup and display season to the list. I presume the RAF has decided it would rather the aircraft been seen making pedestrian and restrained flybys (which is all the regulations allow without a display workup and all the supervisory overhead that goes with it) than not seen at all.
The same restriction in 2019 saw a more robust "flypast" at least. Showing off the thrust vector seems to sum up the F-35B.
Last edited by Finningley Boy; 18th Dec 2023 at 23:17.