F-35 at Miramar Airshow
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 90
- Joined: 15 Sep 2005, 00:26
Hey all you f-35 guys I just shot these about 3 hours ago at the miramar Airshow, hope you like.
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 58
- Joined: 03 Apr 2004, 17:16
Do they make these models completely out of cardboard or use some other materials.
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 90
- Joined: 15 Sep 2005, 00:26
This plane actually flew here to Miramar by a navy test pilot the Lockheed representitive said this is 3rd plane of the test J 35 series, and said somthing about this is a mix of F-35 and J-35 he said he couldn't say more about it, but it has the AF Landing gear and Engine set up right now but the Marine corps navy front ,they have an under nose intake version as well but somthing about funding i don't know, he was talking way over my head and it will have landing gear similar to the F-18, the Marine Version will have the Vstol engine that was trucked in, on the side of the pic ,Pratt and whitney makes it.. I tried to get More info but there was a crap load of pilots and civi's bombarding the pilot and the Tech Dude. I wish I had more to offer you
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 90
- Joined: 15 Sep 2005, 00:26
ab
Last edited by ThunderGrunt on 16 Oct 2005, 16:03, edited 2 times in total.
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 90
- Joined: 15 Sep 2005, 00:26
Some of the USMC versions will have a VSTOL rear Exaust Nozzle.
- Elite 2K
- Posts: 2809
- Joined: 05 Sep 2003, 20:36
ThunderGrunt wrote:This plane actually flew here to Miramar by a navy test pilot the Lockheed representitive said this is 3rd plane of the test J 35 series, and said somthing about this is a mix of F-35 and J-35 he said he couldn't say more about it,.....
You've been fed a line of PR crap...
The two X-35 JSF demonstrators are grounded, and first flight of an SDD (System Development and Demonstration) bird is not even scheduled until late next year. What you saw at the show was a non-flying mockup. Besides, test birds don't wear markings of operational units.
Reality Is For People Who Can't Handle Simulation
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 90
- Joined: 15 Sep 2005, 00:26
Thanks I didn't know that, why would they say it flew in, that kinda makes me mad, it was the buzz of the the show from what i was hearing, thanks for the heads up. HABU2
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests