Originally Posted by
typerated
RP,
You don't read the Daily Mail do you?
Just for comparison the first production Typhoon didn't fly until 9 years after the prototype.
Now that is a little disingenuous typerated...the Typhoon was 9 years between the prototypes first flight and the mature aircrafts operational acceptance. Even then the delays (54 months in total) were political, not mechanical.
How far is the F-35 from operational
acceptance?