The F-35 Lightning II , allegedly the most advanced attack aircraft in the world , has been try for the first time by a military service pilot . Lt . Col . James “ Flipper ” Kromberg of the U.S. Air Force , who can be seen in the telecasting wearing one of thosescary demon helmet , took off from Lockheed Martin ’s Fort Worth plant , flying the wonderplane through unlike altitude and situations . His verdict :
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“ The aircraft vanish very well , go past my expectations , ” Kromberg said . “ I was surprised by the amount of major power on the spoof roll . And the handling , particularly with the gear up , was phenomenal . The aircraft was very static fly in establishment with another airplane . It was really a joy to fly . ”
So there you go : two thumb up from Señor Flipper . I do n’t know about you , but I ’m happy that the $ 40 billion total development costs have leave in a plane that handles phenomenally well with the gear up ( which is more than you could say aboutthe Strategic Defense Initiative ) .
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The F-35 , nicknamed Lightning II in honor of the WW2 fighter P-38 Lightning , has flown only 28 time , all of them except this one control by Lockheed Martin ’s own trial run pilot , Jon Beesley and Jeff Knowles . The last flight of stairs chance on March 12th , for its first airy fueling test demonstrate here :
The F-35 Lightning II is scheduled to debut in 2011 , after its maiden flight back in 2006 . power by a Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan capable of delivering 40,000 pounds of personnel , with an extra Rolls - Royce Lift System for the F-35B short take - off and vertical landing edition , the F-35 has been design to be the número uno rap fighter in the world until around 2040 .
At that point , we all desire that 1 ) no more innovative fighters would be needed after that date , or 2 ) they get Veritech fighters to fight Earth against the Zentraedi . [ LockheedMartinandWikipedia ]
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