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F-35C first flight (and heat and noise concerns…)

June 14, 2010 David Cenciotti 1

On Jun. 6, 2010, piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles’, a retired Naval Aviator and test pilot who flew F-14As and F-14Ds operationally’ and who was also chief test pilot on the F-117 […]

First F-35's STOVL propulsion system in-flight test video

January 12, 2010 David Cenciotti 0

The F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) currently deployed at NAS Patuxent River conducted the first of a series of planend STOVL propulsion system in flight tests that will include short takeoffs, hovers and […]