STOVL F-35 Engages Lift Fan in Flight

Cagepete · by **Cagepete** » 07 Jan 2010, 22:53

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a40d235e5-8e6a-4c70-a7d0-c76f8286ab00&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

LMAggie · by **LMAggie** » 08 Jan 2010, 02:20

Funny how a good bit of news comes out and noone wants to talk. I wonder what the forum will be like when first vertical landing happens in a upcoming weeks. Golf clap?

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 08 Jan 2010, 03:02

Here is the sound of one hand clapping.... Yeah - first vertical landing will be good.

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 08 Jan 2010, 04:01

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... hreat.html

ONE (and counting) - "the aircraft must complete a series of as many as a dozen flights before attempting its first vertical landing."

LMAggie · by **LMAggie** » 08 Jan 2010, 04:25

In flight conversion is definately not the first in that series of tests.

seruriermarshal · by **seruriermarshal** » 08 Jan 2010, 04:30

Thanks LMAggie , any pic about STOVL test ?

Conan · by **Conan** » 08 Jan 2010, 05:02

Chirp, chirp...

Ah, the usual sound in relation to good news about this program. What a fair, open minded bunch populate the defence forums...

LMAggie · by **LMAggie** » 08 Jan 2010, 05:23

seruriermarshal wrote:Thanks LMAggie , any pic about STOVL test ?

It won't look much different than the STOVL doors open pics already posted on www.jsf.mil. I cant wait to see the slow landing and VL pics!

cywolf32 · by **cywolf32** » 08 Jan 2010, 05:51

AWESOME!! Thanks JSF team!! Best wishes for 2010.

underhill · by **underhill** » 08 Jan 2010, 10:23

"Good news" is now defined as "we got it done, a mere year or so later than we predicted 18 months ago".

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... TOVL%20JSF

seruriermarshal · by **seruriermarshal** » 08 Jan 2010, 10:36

underhill wrote:"Good news" is now defined as "we got it done, a mere year or so later than we predicted 18 months ago".

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... TOVL%20JSF

Maybe you must talk about A400M ?

seruriermarshal · by **seruriermarshal** » 08 Jan 2010, 10:37

LMAggie wrote:
seruriermarshal wrote:Thanks LMAggie , any pic about STOVL test ?

It won't look much different than the STOVL doors open pics already posted on www.jsf.mil. I cant wait to see the slow landing and VL pics!

Thanks , hope they send some great pics and videos on there .

f35phixer · by **f35phixer** » 08 Jan 2010, 13:48

good lord ! every little milestone we have in this program need to be published????? That was about 2 hours after the flight. Hummmm, How'd he know???

Ztex · by **Ztex** » 08 Jan 2010, 15:15

Gotta ge the good news out when it comes....

This is good news!...now on to the landings! Woot!

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1877808.html

darkvarkguy · by **darkvarkguy** » 08 Jan 2010, 16:10

It's good to see some good news from this program. I'm sick of all the naysayers and doubters complaining about this program all the time. It's gonna get done and it will be everything they said it will be. Then the whiners and doubters can finally shut up!