F-35A AF-34 First Flight

seruriermarshal · by **seruriermarshal** » 30 Jul 2013, 04:08

F-35A AF-34 First Flight

Photo by davechng

fang · by **fang** » 30 Jul 2013, 05:20

Not AF-34, 11-5022 is AF-33, it was on July 27th
Nice catch

Long time we didn't see FF with premiere color...

BELA · by **BELA** » 30 Jul 2013, 12:06

Link to a more high res version please?

munny · by **munny** » 30 Jul 2013, 12:39

Colour of the intake bump and leading edge is interesting. Also seen on the panel edges on top too and looks much like the nozzles when the light hits them at the right angle.

rotosequence · by **rotosequence** » 30 Jul 2013, 13:44

munny wrote:Colour of the intake bump and leading edge is interesting. Also seen on the panel edges on top too and looks much like the nozzles when the light hits them at the right angle.

That is actually rather interesting; as far as I'm aware, that section is made of the same stuff as most of the rest of the aircraft's skin; graphite epoxy.

neptune · by **neptune** » 30 Jul 2013, 17:57

seruriermarshal wrote:F-35A AF-34 First Flight

Photo by davechng

Any Hint as to when/ if AF-26 will FF??

I have two "A"s from LRIP4 yet to fly.

:?:

fang · by **fang** » 30 Jul 2013, 18:54

Any Hint as to when/ if AF-26 will FF??
I have two "A"s from LRIP4 yet to fly.

AF-26 made FF on March 30th, got USAF serial AF 10-5014 marked EG, never published by LM.
The source is reliable, appeared at Scramble.nl
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php? ... &start=330

All the A's of LRIP-4 made FF, only 4 B's to go
(BF-30/31/33/34)

fang · by **fang** » 31 Jul 2013, 15:16

According to that source the AF-26 delivered today to Eglin and tomorrow gonna be even more deliveries due to repairs at Fort Worth Nas Jrb/Carswell Field Airport (NFW)
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php? ... &start=435

neptune · by **neptune** » 31 Jul 2013, 15:41

fang wrote:According to that source the AF-26 delivered today to Eglin and tomorrow gonna be even more deliveries due to repairs at Fort Worth Nas Jrb/Carswell Field Airport (NFW)
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php? ... &start=435

Yes, the runway repairs.

Thanks, I guess it is about time to start maintaining the thread for "Who's on first!". I'll update it and see what kind of support we get. Similar to the F-22 thread! :-)

orkss · by **orkss** » 11 Aug 2013, 22:14

Lockheed Martin test pilot Paul Hattendorf was at the controls for the first flight of F-35A AF-26 (US Air Force serial number 10-5014). The flight occurred on 27 March 2013 with takeoff and landing at NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas.?

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/news_item.html?item_id=1122