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Airframe Details for F-35 #PAV-2

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Aircraft: PAV-2 (300)
LM Aero T/V PAV-2
Plant LADC
Local C/N 300
Delivered USNavy 300
X-35C
Current USNavy 300
X-35C
Status [pre]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
16 Dec 2000 [act] 300 X-35C
First flight of X-35C
First flight occured on December 16th, 2000 with Joe Sweeney as the pilot. Was a concept aircraft only so was never actually delivered to the US Navy, so this entry is based on first flight, not any delivery date. The aircraft's last flight was on March 10th, 2001.
Apr 2004 [pre] 300 X-35C

Patuxent River Naval Air Station Museum, Maryland and marked like the X-35B prototype. Aircraft was fixed-up and repainted during the later half of 2015 and put on display inside the same museum on December 1st, 2015.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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