Forum: F-35 milestones

No link yet, let's wait for next week to see what the news will bring. Then I'll be try to check with some KLu sources hopefully.

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m wrote:

Three times? And LM wouldn't publish this? This makes me a lot more suspicious. And till so far no Duch journalist did publish about a first flight as wel.
Supose you did hear somebody telling this, but do you have got a link?

Maybe LM and/or US and/or NL got their reasons, we don't know.
But why should a well known spoter fake it?
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... nique=true

Seems like he publish what he see
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=593044

http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=3755

spazsinbad wrote:

Good FenceCheckFoto of the Dutchie [DENMARK? I give up - is this a Photoshop Hoax?] here (attached): http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... 7500;image

Not a hoax at all....I know the photographer...he's a good guy spotter like me.
Hoax? Really?

It was up again on August 13....these shots were taken by me...no Hoax.

Rolling Eyes

Ztex wrote:

spazsinbad wrote:

Good FenceCheckFoto of the Dutchie [DENMARK? I give up - is this a Photoshop Hoax?] here (attached): http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... 7500;image

Not a hoax at all....I know the photographer...he's a good guy spotter like me.
Hoax? Really?

It was up again on August 13....these shots were taken by me...no Hoax.

So. suppose the first Dutch F35A maid it’s first flight.
Sounds strange this has not been published officially?

At the other hand, the Dutch are a small country with a small Airforce.
So, not that much of international attention for a first flight is not really that strange.

The US and UK F35’s have maid their first flights already, this jet is no more than just another F35 and a lot of other, next F35’s will make their first flights as well

Thanks for your shots of the F35

I think it is not published due to elections. This will only spark discussion which is not very useful in the running up. Nobody will gain anything with widely publishing this right now.

Heard a rumor from inside the plant, but no official verification,

AN-1, (AKA F001):
1st Company Flight 6-Aug-12
2nd Company Flight 10-Aug-12
3rd Company Flight 13-Aug-12 (Last Company Flight, next flight is DoD as a part of the DD-250 process)

Also rumor has it that, a group of Dutch Air Force pilots happened to be at LM on other business and got to witness the first flight.

Sorry, though it is all rumors from people I know at LM, I'm going with joost theory of mum's the word until after the elections.

Sufa Viper

joost wrote:

I think it is not published due to elections. This will only spark discussion which is not very useful in the running up. Nobody will gain anything with widely publishing this right now.

I think we have a winner! Laughing

On another note, now that LM has completed LRIP3, will the LRIP4 a/c be delivered with M.S. 2.A? I realize "2.A" has started recently flying in the A's and B's and irregardless, M.S. 1.B can/ will be retro-fitted to "2.A". What was on the plan/ schedule for LRIP4 deliveries? Also, what is the probability of the four "OT" tailcodes were delivered with "2.A". Smile

joost wrote:

I think it is not published due to elections. This will only spark discussion which is not very useful in the running up. Nobody will gain anything with widely publishing this right now.

sorry, but these are speculations. Doesn't make sense. It's no more than a first flight. Not of any importance for a politician, only incase their would have been a lot of problems.

Secondly, when important their would have been questions about why not published a first flight.

This mangled Dutch/English Translation via 'H'ELP web page may HELP? But I just add that any event can be interpreted and re-interpreted or it can just happen and youse can speculate at will. GO ON! Very Happy

At least we know it twere no Photoshopped fake - apparently. But do I care? Yes. GoodSpeed the Dutch.

Dutch F-35 First flight: historic moment Published by JSFNieuws.nl 14 Aug 2012

http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... euws.nl%2F

BOLLOCKS follows if youse can understand it. Very Happy

m wrote:

joost wrote:

I think it is not published due to elections. This will only spark discussion which is not very useful in the running up. Nobody will gain anything with widely publishing this right now.

sorry, but these are speculations. Doesn't make sense. It's no more than a first flight. Not of any importance for a politician, only incase their would have been a lot of problems.

Secondly, when important their would have been questions about why not published a first flight.

Yes, that is why I start my post with "I think". Indeed speculation, but I disagree that it doesn't make sense. It does make sense. Big attention by the MoD might be damaging in this particular time.

m wrote:

So. suppose the first Dutch F35A maid it’s first flight.
Sounds strange this has not been published officially?
At the other hand, the Dutch are a small country with a small Airforce.
So, not that much of international attention for a first flight is not really that strange.
The US and UK F35’s have maid their first flights already, this jet is no more than just another F35 and a lot of other, next F35’s will make their first flights as well
Thanks for your shots of the F35

Maybe the Dutch airforce is not that big or not often in the top of the news, but FF of another international costumer airplane is a very BIG news for LM.
I can't believe they'll give up the chance to show off their abilities, unless the US government told them so.

Dutch elections? maybe...

[quote="fang"][quote="m"]..Sounds strange this has not been published officially?
......quote]

Perhaps they are waiting for Van Gogh to "pretty up the tail feathers" a bit! Laughing

Indeed, it is remarklaby quiet in the Dutch media. No news about this maiden flight at all. "No news is good news?" Crazy Pilot

The Spotters can take a Bow!

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... th-375582/

First Dutch F-35 flies around Fort Worth

..."One can understand how the government could want to maintain a low prolife in the midst of an election," he says.

Not Worthy

NOW OFFICIAL?

http://f-35.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/ ... 3-2012.pdf

"On August 6, AN-1, the first Netherlands F-35, and AF-20 flew for the first time."

Forum: F-35 milestones

Dutch F-35A F-001 First Flight