The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Wednesday, March 10th. The flight was one of the last missions before the aircraft's first vertical landing and confirmed the jet's power and controllability at very low speeds. F-35 Lead STOVL pilot Graham Tomlinson was at the controls for Wednesday's flight. [USNavy photo by Randy Hepp]
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News: F-35B does 40-knot flight and four slow landings in one day [2010-03-11]
It was a good day of flying at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, as two F-35B jets took to the skies no less than six times on Wednesday, March 10.
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