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1st Slow Landing External Stores F-35B + Photo

F-35 Flight Test Update 10 By Eric Hehs Posted 11 May 2013 [Eric Hehs is the editor of Code One.]

Code One Magazine: F-35 Flight Test Update 10

"...23 March 2013: BAE test pilot Peter Wilson performed the first slow landing in an F-35B with external stores. The flight— BF-1 loaded with a centerline gun pod and six wing pylons, including two pylons loaded with AIM-9X missiles —occurred at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland...."

BIG PHOTO: (just before touchdown?) Photo by Andy Wolfe
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/image...28237_8310.jpg

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