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| Tango01 | 28 May 2014 10:28 p.m. PST |
…It's Supposed To?. "There are big air shows in the UK this summer. The British public may be a little disappointed, however. The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter—the stealth jet that's supposed to be able to take off and land vertically, like a helicopter—will be on display for the first time outside the U.S. But it won't emulate the vertical landings that the Harrier family has made routine since the Beatles were playing dodgy nightclubs in Hamburg. U.S. Marine aviation boss Brig. Gen. Matthew Glavy has said that there are no plans for the F-35B to perform vertical landings (VLs) in the UK, because the program has not finished testing the matting that's needed to protect the runway from exhaust heat. (The program office, the Marines, and Lockheed Martin did not return emails about any part of this story.) It may sound like a simple issue, but it pops the lids off two cans of worms: the program's relationship with the truth, and the operational utility of VL…"
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| Jemima Fawr | 29 May 2014 5:49 a.m. PST |
Yet another badly-informed and pathetically weak argument ('supposed to take off and land vertically'? Er no, it isn't). In the meantime, my RAF/RN friends who are working on the things in South Carolina and Florida absolutely love them. |
| Lion in the Stars | 29 May 2014 10:05 a.m. PST |
The time I remember seeing a Harrier do the 'vertical takeoff' trick, the announcer at the air show said that it was too hot for a fully vertical takeoff or landing (it was over 38degC that day), a vertical takeoff or landing would damage the runway of the civilian airport. So we saw a ~250ft takeoff roll and a 50ft landing, IIRC. Still really dang impressive. |
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