X-35A



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    The X-35A speeds down a runway during taxi testing at Lockheeds Palmdale, California, plant. Over the weekend [LMTAS photo]
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    In final preparations for its first flight on Oct. 24th 2000, the X-35A runs its engine in full afterburner as the LM JSF team validates performance predictions of the P& W JSF F119-611 engine. [LMTAS photo]
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    The X-35A lifts off Oct. 24 on its 1st flight, initiating a rigorous flight-test schedule. Test pilot Tom Morgenfeld flew the aircraft from LMTAS Co. in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base. [The X-35A lifts off Oct. 24 on its 1st flight, initiating a rigorous flight-test schedule. Test pilot Tom Morgenfeld flew the aircraft from LMTAS Co. in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base.]
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    An F-35A JSF with its landing gear deployed. [unknown photographer]
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    The F-35A stealthy, supersonic multi-role fighter for the USAF [unknown photographer]
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    The F-35 seen in an undated photo.
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    Lockheed Martin's F-35 seen in an undated photo.
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    The F-35 seen in an undated photo.
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    The Joint Strike Fighter X-35A demonstrator aircraft climbing above the California desert during a November 2000 test flight. [LMTAS photo]
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    The XF-35 seen in an undated publicity photo. [LMTAS photo]
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    The X-35A successfully executed a series of airborne refuelings during its 10th flight on Tuesday Nov. 7th 2000, paving the way for extended test flights and demonstrating the aircraft's flying qualities. [LMTAS photo]
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    X-35A refuelling test. [LMTAS photo]
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    On 7 November 2000, the X-35A took on fuel from a KC-135 tanker for the first time, enabling the aircraft to complete the longest flight to date: 2 hours and 50 minutes. [LMTAS photo]
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    On 7 November 2000, the X-35A #301 took on fuel from a KC-135 tanker for the first time, enabling the aircraft to complete the longest flight to date: 2 hours and 50 minutes. [unknown photographer]
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    The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter X-35A banks right during flight tests near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. [LMTAS photo]