LM F-35 GM Weekly Update Jeff Babione 29 Sep 2016
“F-35B DT-III FCLPs
Switching over to flight test news, the team at Pax River accomplished more than 50 vertical landings last week to complete field carrier landing practice (FCLP) flights, before embarking on [USS America] F-35B DT-III next month. The at-sea period is the final shipboard testing for the F-35B as part of the system development and demonstration (SDD) testing. The FCLPs are conducted at Pax with the ship’s crew using AM2 matting to simulate the deck of an LHD carrier. This gives the deck crew some valuable experience with the F-35B before working with the jet at sea. This is just the beginning of what promises to be another outstanding success from the test team for this final round of testing.”
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Appear to be two LHA decks of 600 feet marked out with the ski jump further down the graphic then a VL pad on the right at mid field NAS Patuxent River image dated 20 Oct 2013.
