F-35B and F-35C Utube Video

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 00:54

Transformer and BatPlane:

F-35B and F-35C Utube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... ISpriu6HEA

"Published on Oct 5, 2012 by LockheedMartinVideos
Video footage of F-35B and F-35C test flights compiled for Tailhook 2012."

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 06 Oct 2012, 01:45

The C's wing span sure seems big in that video.

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 01:57

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74484895/FICONSweetman

f-22lm · by **f-22lm** » 06 Oct 2012, 03:15

spazsinbad wrote:http://www.scribd.com/doc/74484895/FICONSweetman

Corny I must say :roll:

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spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 03:22

And say it you must.

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 06 Oct 2012, 04:27

spazsinbad wrote:http://www.scribd.com/doc/74484895/FICONSweetman

What's with the "can't trade bombs for AA missiles" assertion?

sprstdlyscottsmn · by **sprstdlyscottsmn** » 06 Oct 2012, 16:47

I love videos of the Bee on and about the Wasp.

SpudmanWP · by **SpudmanWP** » 06 Oct 2012, 18:43

count_to_10 wrote:What's with the "can't trade bombs for AA missiles" assertion?

Lack of understanding and bad assumptions as this clearly shows.

1st503rdsgt · by **1st503rdsgt** » 06 Oct 2012, 18:52

Slim Pickens is all like: "Sheeeit! Who put this damn missile where the bomb's supposed to go!?"

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 06 Oct 2012, 19:09

What is the time-line on that double rack for 6 total internal missiles?

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 20:06

This is me (sans usual short cropped beard allowed by RAN FAA) in me Slum Puckens guise (asked to pose this way by a senior officer making a VC-724 Squadron line book page satirising me and an instructor dropping a drop tank (and an empty rocket pod in his case) on our Beecroft Range in error during A4G Weapon Practice (for our OFS Operational Flying School). I escaped penalty due my instructor dropping the pod after I dropped the empty tank, which spiralled spectacularly to the ground according to the A4G pilot flying some distance behind to drop an intended Practice Bomb (from a 450 knot 30 degree dive angle at around 4,000 feet). sigh.

1st503rdsgt · by **1st503rdsgt** » 06 Oct 2012, 20:22

That's a great story. Also, remember this? For good measure, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSQAZEp3PA

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 20:45

Original VC-724 Line Book page. Now 42 years old and a little worse for wear, being yellowed, with the camera flash visible top left. Whatever was intended for the void never made it onto the page. Our instructor is standing in the 'graphic crapper' with the an actual empty 2.75 in rocket pod. I was asked to pose on the recovered empty tank which of course is slightly dented.

1st503rdsgt · by **1st503rdsgt** » 06 Oct 2012, 21:04

I can't quite make out what the aliens are saying. Out of curiosity, did the Melbourne ever have nukes onboard? Back in the day, the US shared a number of joint custody weapons.

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 06 Oct 2012, 21:14

Nukes? No - KNUCKS (of the non-crab kind) or ZOOMies in other woids.

What are joint custody weapons? Made from funny baccy?

And the alien comedians are saying: "Oh, dear, somebody pressed the wrong button!"