Forum: F-35 Lightning II

September 22 issue of Aviation Week says on page 23 that, "AA-1 is to deploy from Fort Worth to Edwards AFB, Calif., late this week for engine air-start testing and noise measurements".

Did it go?

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As of Thursday the 25 Sep AA-1 was still in Fort Worth, I don't know if it left on Friday or not , I did a JOAP sample from the engine, from the flight on Thursday on Friday, it was suppose to have went to Edwards earlier in the week.

Suppose is a key word … due to high fuel prices, flatbeds are hard to book these days.

VarkVet wrote:

Suppose is a key word … due to high fuel prices, flatbeds are hard to book these days.

Why not just fly it? They've done some aerial refueling already haven't they? Question

It had done some tanker work previously, but had not checked all the boxes to be fully "qual"-ed. The ED tanker was back in Ft. Worth this last week to finish that up.
The ferry flight should happen this coming week, but the schedule is event, not calender driven....

Raptor_claw wrote:

the schedule is event, not calender driven....

Yup ... P&S and Pro-Supers will have fun tying to plug this jet into the flying schedule.

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Did it go?

Go, it did....

F-35A numbered AA-1, landing as it goes past the Edwards Control Tower on October 1st at 1:30 p.m. The flight marks the first time the aircraft arrived here. The F-35 will perform series of tests, including airstart and noise testing. The aircraft flew in from NAS Fort Worth, Texas.

Great pic there, Roscoe Smile

I just can't wait to see 'em at Nellis Thumb

The first F-35 Lightning II test aircraft is expected to return to Fort Worth today after three weeks of test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California that went "remarkably well,"

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/994583.html

Also coverage on Ares with pictures.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3aa4380165-d7d8-4d68-96cf-78a208a36e1a

Read F-35 Joint Strike Fighter completes testing at Edwards as posted on this site. Following photos to accompany the article.

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force concluded an air start testing here.

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The aircraft arrived here on October 1st from a Lockheed Martin plant at Fort Worth, Texas.

An F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, lands at an Edwards runway on October 23rd, 2008. The F-35 concluded an air start test validating the aircraft's ability to shutdown and restart its engine in flight.

Forum: F-35 Lightning II

AA-1 to Edwards?