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 Posted: May 04, 2007 - 12:29 AM
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| Today at NAS Fort Worth (5-3-07) |
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| Someone with a scanner had heard it was something related to brakes. |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 12:39 AM
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Man as long as the aircraft isn't damaged...  |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 03:00 AM
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| The F-35 looks fantastically sleek and pretty from these two angles though. |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 05:43 AM
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| Man, you really get a sense of how big and tall the F-35 is with that guy standing next to it, it puts things into perspective... |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 06:28 AM
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| It gives me the impression of an aircraft built around his engine.. |
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idesof
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 08:27 AM
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dwightlooi wrote:
The F-35 looks fantastically sleek and pretty from these two angles though.
You remind me of "Shallow Hall," that movie where the guy looked at his girlfriend, who was hugely obese and ugly, and she looked to him like Gwyneth Paltrow. I'm sorry but the F-35 is one ugly mutha. Without a doubt the ugliest of all new fighter aircraft in the world. Looks is one aspect where the Eurofrauder Typhoon has got the F-35 beat hands down. |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 12:50 PM
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Hopefully, It's just a minor problem, and it's back up in the air soon.
I'm stuck in the middle on it's looks. It's not pretty and it's not ugly, it's just there. |
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 02:13 PM
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Two comments from me (neither of which may mean anything, but I'll throw them out anyway...)
I'm with Lurch as far as the looks go, it seems that every other picture I see I go back and forth from 'good looking jet' to... All the while I'm thankful though for what 'could have been': Several years ago I was at the NAS Oceana airshow standing next to a Navy Hornet driver who was staring, open-mouthed, at the full-sized Boeing JSF mock-up. I said "You know what's even worse? Imagine it in Blue Angels (and Thunderbirds) markings..."
My second comment is for Keith Robinson, the photographer. Keith, don't you have a job, or are you lucky enough to be taking these from your porch? I've had your 'first flight' photo (from Fencecheck) as my Windows background for a couple of months now, and it seems that every time they pull the bird out of the barn, you're there to catch it! Great job covering the beginning of what will be the next 30+ years of military aviation.
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KeithTCU82
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Posted: May 04, 2007 - 08:23 PM
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MKopack wrote:
My second comment is for Keith Robinson, the photographer. Keith, don't you have a job, or are you lucky enough to be taking these from your porch? I've had your 'first flight' photo (from Fencecheck) as my Windows background for a couple of months now, and it seems that every time they pull the bird out of the barn, you're there to catch it! Great job covering the beginning of what will be the next 30+ years of military aviation.
Mike Kopack
Luck. . . and I have a job where I go in at 3pm so that helps. Also living less than 5 miles from Lockheed-Martin/NAS Fort Worth is also an advantage. I pulled up yesterday not knowing anything about the F-35 having problems and looked down the runway to see it surrounded by emergency vehicles. |
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 04:02 AM
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Luck?!
You are one "lucky" SOB... 
Good catch!
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 05:01 AM
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Thanks Z
I have since found out that the F-35 had an electrical malfunction, and not a brake problem. Sorry for the misinformation. |
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 04:20 PM
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KeithTCU82 wrote:
Thanks Z
I have since found out that the F-35 had an electrical malfunction, and not a brake problem. Sorry for the misinformation.
Well, so much for its vaunted reliability. Any clue about the nature of the malfunction and whether it has gone back up again? |
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 04:45 PM
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Well, so much for its vaunted reliability. Any clue about the nature of the malfunction and whether it has gone back up again?
Vaunted reliability? Wow, with this 'electrical issue' and you're ready to write the whole thing off? How much time have you spent on a flightline? What do you think the ratio of Code 2 & 3's is to Code 1's?
If airplanes fly they are going to break - especially when it's a unique, hand-built, very pre-production bird. Military aviation isn't like jumping in your car.
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 06:30 PM
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MKopack wrote:
idesof wrote:
Well, so much for its vaunted reliability. Any clue about the nature of the malfunction and whether it has gone back up again?
Vaunted reliability? Wow, with this 'electrical issue' and you're ready to write the whole thing off? How much time have you spent on a flightline? What do you think the ratio of Code 2 & 3's is to Code 1's?
Apparently he is.  And in regards to the flightline, I betting a big donut. |
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Posted: May 08, 2007 - 08:06 PM
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Scorpion1alpha wrote:
MKopack wrote:
idesof wrote:
Well, so much for its vaunted reliability. Any clue about the nature of the malfunction and whether it has gone back up again?
Vaunted reliability? Wow, with this 'electrical issue' and you're ready to write the whole thing off? How much time have you spent on a flightline? What do you think the ratio of Code 2 & 3's is to Code 1's?
Apparently he is. And in regards to the flightline, I betting a big donut.
We don't know how "serious" the problem is. It may be something minor enough that the aircraft will fly just fine other than a a little warning light coming on in the cockpit saying that some circuit monitoring system is reading out of the normal range. |
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