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F35C to test on USS Nimitz
It looks like the F35C is progressing. It is going to the USS Nimitz for evaluating with the tail hook. (finance.yahoo.com) Altro...
Still a hunk of junk but kudos to the navy for holding their feet to the fire and making them fix the earlier versions that did not work right.
It reminds me of the OV22 testing. DoD gets so far in that it would be an embarassment for them to cancel.
yep; it actually turned out halfway decent although bunches more expensive than when it started out, kinda like this POS.
Sooooooo..how many hours do you have in a F35 to classify it a "Hunk of Junk"?
Just asking!
Just asking!
And yourself. I have flown long enough to recognize a "hunk of junk" when one comes along. It, to me, is ascenine to spend that kind of money in development when #1,the Navy seems well satisfied with what they have and don't want to spend the money, and #2. The F22 Raptor, after all this time, is just now seeing combat for the first time.
Preacher..I agree.The F-35 not needed and is a money pit. A family member of mine is a aerospace engineer and has worked on this project for years and says it is a uphill battle everyday to get this thing to work. She said the F-35 has 20K components...280K parts and 8 million lines of code.
That 8 million lines of code is what bothers me: that is a large scale F117. It would not fly without computer assist. Wonder if this bird will be the same, and what happens in a computer crash?
No way this aircraft flies without computer assist. Computer crash...time to punch.
That's what it sounds like to me.
and other 'auspicious' omens....