"Navy readies for first F-35 carrier landing" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2014 3:39 p.m. PST |
" Before the Navy's oldest active aircraft carrier docks for a 16-month maintenance period, it's helping other ships get ready for deployment, and next month, will host the first landing of the F-35C on a carrier. The Marine version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the short-takeoff, vertical-landing F-35B, has made successful landings aboard ships at sea. But the Navy's version, the F-35C, which is designed to land on carriers, has not — in part because of problems with the tail hook. The landing test will take place on the Nimitz after the conclusion of the current task group exercise, which began Monday off San Diego and includes U.S. guided missile cruisers and guided missile destroyers as well as four Canadian ships and a Yokosuka-based Japanese ship…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 23 Oct 2014 5:43 p.m. PST |
Well, that's going to be "interesting" in the Chinese sense of the word… Carrier quals for a new aircraft has got to be one of the most pucker-inducing things a pilot ever does! |
| Only Warlock | 24 Oct 2014 6:57 a.m. PST |
As I understand it, the F-35 has excellent low speed handling and great forward visibility so in theory it should be good at carrier ops. |
| Lion in the Stars | 24 Oct 2014 11:43 a.m. PST |
As I understand it, the F-35 has excellent low speed handling and great forward visibility so in theory it should be good at carrier ops. So did the F4U Corsair. Took the Brits almost 2 years to figure out the proper way to land the beast on a carrier! |
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gets his hands on some fields and fences.