| madaxeman | 08 Jul 2016 10:30 a.m. PST |
I happened to be in the right place on the flight line at RIAT earlier today… youtu.be/j1YL0dSTMG0 …and so I took this iPhone video, just to prove it does actually work! |
| Trajanus | 08 Jul 2016 11:08 a.m. PST |
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| VVV reply | 08 Jul 2016 11:45 a.m. PST |
And to think how we used to ridicule the Soviets for needing two engines for VTOL. |
| Chokidar | 08 Jul 2016 11:56 a.m. PST |
Still looks like an ugly bastard compared with the Sea Harrier… but I know I am not objective… |
| Chokidar | 08 Jul 2016 11:59 a.m. PST |
..have to admit too that Sharkey Ward's boys made it look easy. They were so used to flying them that it looked as if they were driving cars, it looked that simple and fluid.. |
| Mako11 | 08 Jul 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
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| Only Warlock | 08 Jul 2016 12:54 p.m. PST |
It's apparently MUCH safer to land an F-35 vertically than the old Harrier. |
| pmwalt | 08 Jul 2016 1:07 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing the vid |
 Doms Decals  | 08 Jul 2016 1:25 p.m. PST |
I just hope we've already paid, cos those babies are priced in dollars…. |
| hurrahbro | 08 Jul 2016 1:52 p.m. PST |
BAE has a finger in that pie anyway by owning the Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronics systems. |
| David Manley | 08 Jul 2016 1:58 p.m. PST |
There's an awful lot of British technology in the F35, including some of the advanced materials that were the only viable solution to several critical engineering issues that would have killed it. |
| emckinney | 08 Jul 2016 5:10 p.m. PST |
Shooting in portrait mode makes sense for this, but it s u c k s when you upload it to YouTube. They force the orientation the wrong way on phones, so you get huge black bars and a tiny picture. Computers just all have their screens oriented the wrong way. |
| madaxeman | 09 Jul 2016 6:25 a.m. PST |
There was a special landing pad installed by the USMC and Army engineers ….. So, no melted Tarmac, but only one place to land! |
| John Treadaway | 09 Jul 2016 1:08 p.m. PST |
The F35 does look impressive. Finally… Only one actual engine, of course: just a mechanical drive take off for the lift fan. Yep, I also agree that a Sea Harrier is the prettier plane (even nicer looking than the later Harriers IMHO). But stealth doesn't make for attractive aeroplanes. The video played fine on my fire phone: full screen in portrait and no black bars. Thanks for the vid. Wish I'd been at RIAT :( Haven't been for a decade and I really miss it John T |
photographs the same figure, with different cameras and equipment.
