Somewhere wayback on this thread there is a LONG series of posts about the concrete/asphalt issues with the pizza oven effect so I'll not repeat that whilst this news makes the DAILY BEAST old news eh.
Page 219 of this thread on
12 - 13 May 2014 here is some old news:
F-35B
700 VLs already by April 2014:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ml#post8469783
News about
no VL in UK:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ml#post8475765
'Creeping' VLs as opposed to 'runny landings of some kind' is somewhere on this thread but anyway...
“...BF-1 accomplished the
first F-35 five Creeping Vertical Landings (CVLs) on August 23 [2012]....” F-35 Lightning II Program Status and Fast Facts September 5,
2012
f-35.ca - f-35 Resources and Information. This website is for sale! I see this website is Kaput so here is a graphic of that part of that PDF.
