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Airframe Details for F-35 #PAV-1

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Aircraft: PAV-1 (301)
LM Aero T/V PAV-1
Plant LADC
Local C/N 301
Delivered USAF 301
X-35A
Current USMC 301
X-35B
Status [pre]
First flight on October 24th, 2000 with pilot Tom Morgenfeld.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
24 Oct 2000 [act] 301 X-35A
Unknown [con] 301 X-35B
X-35A converted to X-35B
Converted to the X-35B in a three month period. The aircraft was converted for VSTOL testing. Need to confirm when the aircraft began conversion.
23 Jun 2001 [act] 301 X-35B
First flight X-35B
First flight as the X-35B was on June 23rd, 2001 and Simon Hargreaves was the pilot.
Unknown [i/a] 301 X-35B
Dismantled and placed on a truck and taken to the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
Oct 2004 [pre] 301 X-35B
Udvar Hazy Museum, Dulles Airport in an anex for the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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