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esa-aardvark 5th Oct 2018 14:12

I am in Spain, connected via UK ISP. Connection refused for me.

MightyGem 5th Oct 2018 20:55

Must be a Safari thing then as it's OK in Firefox.

PeterGee 12th Oct 2018 15:00

So I see LM are looking at faults with a fuel pipe, and grounded the fleet for 24 - 48 hours for inspections. (Seems QE trials are continuing though) As this is for all variants, can we assume the issue is not F35B specific, or do we need to see which aircraft actually need replacements?

glad rag 12th Oct 2018 15:14


Originally Posted by PeterGee (Post 10272152)
So I see LM are looking at faults with a fuel pipe, and grounded the fleet for 24 - 48 hours for inspections. (Seems QE trials are continuing though) As this is for all variants, can we assume the issue is not F35B specific, or do we need to see which aircraft actually need replacements?

Unless it is specific to a type, which from the sound of it it isn't, and as the trials are allegedly continuing, then you could propose that it is an generic item for "later" build aircraft...

RAFEngO74to09 12th Oct 2018 22:56

The problem is common to all variants but it appears that there are known batches of fuel pipes that are OK if the wording in this article is accurate. As the Italians have checked all 10 of their aircraft already we can assume that it is doesn't take long to do the checks and hence why the F-35B / HMS QNLZ trial schedule has not been affected.
U.S. Military, Foreign Operators Ground Their F-35s To Look For Faulty Fuel Tubes - The Drive


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