JSF first flight
For anyone’s who remotely interested, Boeing's X-32 JSF aircraft flew yesterday (Sept 18). Palmdale to Edwards, 20-odd minutes, all went well.
Those of you who saw that butt-ugly mockup at farnborough and said it would never fly were wrong!
X-35 due at Edwards soon but USAF stressing there will be no fly-off. What a pity!
(Edited to head off the pedants and say that I do know that the ACTUAL mockup at Farnborough wouldn't fly anyway – but you know what I mean)
[This message has been edited by Red Snow (edited 19 September 2000).]