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spazsinbad
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 Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 01:52 PM
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NAS Patuxent River Ski Jump with BBC talking head:
Video snippet from here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18919388
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How to land an F-35 fighter plane [SAME VIDEO AS ABOVE IT LOOKS LIKE!]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18919934#
"20 July 2012 The UK has been handed its first Joint Strike Fighter jet, also known as the F-35, for use by the RAF and Royal Navy.
Although not intended for use until 2018, British pilots have already been test-flying the new fighter - codenamed the Lightning II - at Patuxent River Naval base in Maryland.
The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale spoke to one of the pilots involved in the programme, Peter Wilson of BAE Systems."
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Quote from elsewhere: “The mock ski-jump is 150-feet long, with a 15-foot high “lip” for aircraft launch. These shore-based ski-jump takeoffs will be conducted at varying airspeeds prior to the first UK ship detachment with the F-35B.”
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“...Although the AM-2 matting is serving its purpose as vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) pads and a 1,900 x 96-foot runway for the EAF/STOVL testing, it also doubles as the run-up for a test “ski-jump” used in conjunction with JSF testing for the British Royal Navy. The AM-2 matting and the 12-degree ski-jump ramp were installed at the centerfield area last month [May 2009]....”
EAF enables JSF landing anywhere, everywhere | Jun 29, 2009
http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... mp;id=4144 |
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