F-35B AM-2 Matting on Asphalt NAS Patuxent River
'LowObservable' said: "...And I have yet to see a land VL performed on anything other than AM-2-shielded concrete or the specially built pads."
However photos show F-35Bs VLing on AM-2 matting laid on asphalt, testing the AM-2 matting (indicated on previous pages). Video shows the X-35B more than a dozen years ago now vertical landing at the same site. PhotoBucket scrunches the original .MP4 video down to 2.7Mb (click on 2nd image below).
Last edited by SpazSinbad; 31st Mar 2013 at 00:00.
Reason: Photo add - then Video add