F-35C is unconfirmed as 169032/NJ-115 (CF-20), the second USMC aircraft.tally wrote:Two F-35's delivered last Friday, Mar 6. One B to Beaufort and one C to Eglin. BuNo ' to follow.
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Almost.Melchior Timmers wrote:F-35C is unconfirmed as 169032/NJ-115 (CF-20), the second USMC aircraft.tally wrote:Two F-35's delivered last Friday, Mar 6. One B to Beaufort and one C to Eglin. BuNo ' to follow.
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169025/VM-12 is likely the F-35B
Pogo = longtime enemy of everything with the number 35.aviodromefriend wrote:Don't know how reliable this bunch is, but it gives some reason why there seems to be some progress: http://www.pogoarchives.org/straus/F-35 ... 150312.pdf
...andApr 2, 2015
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been flown in air-to-air combat maneuvers against F-16s for the first time and,
based on the results of these and earlier flight-envelope evaluations,
test pilots say the aircraft can be cleared for greater agility as a growth option.
“The door is open to provide a little more maneuverability,” says Lockheed Martin F-35 site lead test pilot David “Doc” Nelson.
The operational maneuvers were flown by Nelson in AF-2, the primary Flight Sciences loads and flutter evaluation aircraft, and one of nine F-35s used by the Edwards AFB-based 412th Test Wing for developmental testing (DT).
With the full flight envelope now opened to an altitude of 50,000 ft., speeds of Mach 1.6/700 KCAS and loads of 9g, test pilots also say improvements to the flight control system have rendered the transonic roll-off (TRO) issue tactically irrelevant.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
An F-35 update
A brief summary of where we are
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