F-35 and Airshows

[quicksilver]

Where's "the pass"?

[yeswepromise]

Above. It passed over Edwards.

[quicksilver]

We clearly have a different reference for what constitutes an air show 'pass'...

[thepointblank]

The F-35A is slated to make a second appearance in a row at the Abbotsford Air Show in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada:

https://www.facebook.com/AbbotsfordAirs ... NE&fref=nf

This time, it will be a flight demo, instead of just a static display.

[spazsinbad]

F-35C static at China Lake & F-35? LA County plus other info about other airshows:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ ... -lancaster

[yeswepromise]

Just got home from China Lake.

AN-02 - 323TES
BK-04 - 17(R)
CF-32 - VX-9 ...(we can update the database I guess.

The pilots can't say enough good stuff about the planes, especially the Dutch.

all on static. Good time seeing all 3 variants at the same show for the first time. Fox field a week from today. 461 DT should have one on static.

[geforcerfx]

F-35B at the Yuma show at night

[yeswepromise]

Glad things worked out this year at the Palmdale airshow.

AF-01 is on static. Lots of mission markings on it now including two birds. 1000+ hours on the airframe, so it's starting to look pretty worn out.


At 9:30 AM an F-35 (not sure which... but probably AF-07) went supersonic somewhere high above Fox Field and "boomed" the Antelope Valley. Even the locals were surprised at how good this one was.

[johnwill]

The Los Angeles County Airshow is not the Palmdale airshow. It was held at Fox Field, which is in Lancaster.

[yeswepromise]

The Los Angeles County Airshow is not the Palmdale airshow. It was held at Fox Field, which is in Lancaster.

;P close enough for me.

[spazsinbad]

No plans for F-35 to fly at Paris Air Show [GREAT VIDEO of F-35B HOVERING CLOSE UP at URL]
26 Apr 2017 Valerie Insinna

"WASHINGTON — The F-35 will sit out the Paris Air Show this June, the joint program office confirmed Tuesday.

A spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office told Defense News that — to his knowledge — the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps had not been invited to bring the F-35 to the Paris Air Show this year, and as such the JPO is not planning on making an appearance....

...Unlike the United Kingdom — which is an international partner, customer and steadfast supporter of the F-35 program — France has remained uninterested in the aircraft, investing instead in its indigenous Dassault Rafale.

Although the U.S. government won’t be showing off the F-35, Lockheed Martin almost certainly will make the aircraft a focal point of its marketing during the Paris Air Show. The company is entrenched in talks with Belgium, Finland, Switzerland and Spain about potential purchases of the aircraft."

Source: http://www.defensenews.com/articles/no- ... s-air-show

[mixelflick]

I think we're all waiting for the gloves to come off. AKA post stall maneuvering, J-turns etc... The Russians aren't the only one's capable of such breathtaking maneuvers..

[gideonic]

I think we're all waiting for the gloves to come off. AKA post stall maneuvering, J-turns etc... The Russians aren't the only one's capable of such breathtaking maneuvers..

I would really love to see a Block 3F airshow, no holds barred. It will probably only happen in 2018 the earliest though

[neptune]

No plans for F-35 to fly at Paris Air Show [GREAT VIDEO of F-35B HOVERING CLOSE UP at URL]
26 Apr 2017 Valerie Insinna

"WASHINGTON — The F-35 will sit out the Paris Air Show this June, the joint program office confirmed Tuesday.

A spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office told Defense News that — to his knowledge — the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps had not been invited to bring the F-35 to the Paris Air Show this year, and as such the JPO is not planning on making an appearance....

...Unlike the United Kingdom — which is an international partner, customer and steadfast supporter of the F-35 program — France has remained uninterested in the aircraft, investing instead in its indigenous Dassault Rafale.

Although the U.S. government won’t be showing off the F-35, Lockheed Martin almost certainly will make the aircraft a focal point of its marketing during the Paris Air Show. The company is entrenched in talks with Belgium, Finland, Switzerland and Spain about potential purchases of the aircraft."

Source: http://www.defensenews.com/articles/no- ... s-air-show

..... B, F, S and S could be a good sales tour for the a/c in England, we can wait and see!

[zerion]

F-35 was invited to Paris

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/par ... ight-demos