Screensaver worthy Lightning shots

Those scenarios have been tested - outcome I presume was OK - aircraft designed to do this at MAX STO Take off weight.

Even the F-35B on the QE class can Ski Jump at MTOW. Always there may be restrictions due heat/WOD or whatever.

Bottom pic, gorgeous.

One match up I'm particularly interested in is F-35 vs. Typhoon. “No way an F-35 will ever match a Typhoon fighter jet in aerial combat” were the exact words of a Tiffy pilot, uttered way back in 2013.

Ever since, I have relished the opportunity to see who's right. Pretty broad statement. I would have picked my words far more carefully were I that Typhoon pilot.

We shall see...

From Combat Aircraft Magazine August 2019

“Under an uncharacteristically gloomy Arizona sky, Col Matt Renbarger, 56th Operations Group commander, opens up with the F-35A’s GAU-22 25mm cannon during a low-angle strafing run” Combat Aircraft Magazine August 2019

"68 hits.....and a foul lead."

"68 hits.....and a foul lead."

Please elaborate...

Strafe Foul Line: (close)

"68 hits.....and a foul lead."

Am a little slow today.

So I presume a "foul lead" means someone was still firing as they passed that line in the sand? How bad is that? Take a week off, then you can fly again bad? Call me in a month, and I'll think about your request bad? Or just have to buy the first round in the o-club tonight bad?

But I'm also trying to understand if 68 hits is good or bad? 68 hits out of 100 would seem pretty good. 68 hits out of an F-35's magazine (182 rounds) still seems pretty good given the dispersive nature of aircraft cannon. But 68 hits from a full drum on a Viper doesn't seem like anything to right home about?

Also, from where is the quote taken?

Thx.

68 hits on one pass is excellent, even with 100 loaded.

I got 106 hits with a SUU-23 on one pass at Smokey Hill, Salina, KS.....and a foul. Foul zeroes the pass, and in this case cost me $50.00. It was a one pass duel. (SUU-23 had about a 5 round bypass to spin up, so they loaded 125 for the usual 5 passes.)

I made it up for grins, just looks real close due to camera work....I'm surprised the guy didn't make it a 'selfie'.

< light bulb goes off >

Ahh... copy all. Thx.

Photo of strange phenomenon.
The line when transitioned from sub-sonic to supersonic is visible.
https://twitter.com/MyNAWCAD/status/1147212298127380480

NAWCAD@MyNAWCAD
Look closely! This @navy F-35C conducts #supersonic testing where you can see #schlieren shockwaves that flight test photographers captured when flight went transonic — the exact moment when the pilot transitioned from sub-sonic to supersonic.

Not to take anything away from capturing the actual shock lines, but this happens whenever there is supersonic flow, not only during the transition. Just an FYI.

Not sure what I saw in that image. Doesn't look like much. Visualizing air density gradient is really hard without special equipment and/or computer algorithm.

For reference, this is how supersonic shock waves are captured via schlieren imaging

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ... hock-waves
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/ ... esome.html

Not sure what I saw in that image.

Click on the picture to see the larger version. There is a shock at the nose, one aft of the inlet, and one at the tail.