Joint Strike Fighter – The Aviationist

[Video] F-35C successfully completes first arrested landing on aircraft carrier

November 3, 2014 David Cenciotti 12

The Navy’s F-35C CV (Carrier Variant) version of the Joint Strike Fighter has finally landed onto the USS Nimitz’s flight deck using a new arresting gear. On Nov. 3, at 12.18PM LT, F-35C CF-3 with […]

[Composite Image] F-35A AF-1 completing a 360-degree roll with external load

February 22, 2014 David Cenciotti 5

Composite image, built from 17 photos of the F-35 doing an aileron roll. The maneuver itself is far from being special. It’s a standard 360-degree roll, that the F-35A AF-1 completes with external weapons load […]

F-35 stealth jump jet has lost 4.5% of testing time due to grounding orders

March 25, 2013 Richard Clements 0

A question posed in Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Mar. 20 by Scottish Politician Angus Robertson highlighted the amount of time the F-35 development program has been lost due to grounding orders for the jet. The exact question which was […]

Regardless of all the sensors, here is why F-35 pilots need to visually check their 6 o’clock

March 11, 2013 David Cenciotti 10

In a recent post, we have explained that a recently leaked Pentagon report highlighted the poor “out-of-cockpit visibility in the F-35A”, a shortcoming that would limit the pilots ability to see aerial threats surrounding the […]

“F-35 super stealth plane will get pilots shot down in aerial combat” new leaked report says

March 7, 2013 David Cenciotti 30

According to an article published by the Washington Times, the F-35A, the Conventional Take Off and Landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter, would be defeated in aerial combat because of his current shortcomings. Mentioning […]