10 Comments

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  by Chuck Medicus 2 months ago

  Living and working in Palmdale I had a opportunity to see the F22 STOVL and the F35, at least flying is similar what is in the cockpit must be fantastic.
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  by Mike LaBelle 2 months ago

  F-22 STOVL ?? what are you talking about? From what I can remember the F-22 is the Raptor fighter aircraft and is NOT STOVL capable.
  
  The only STOVL Aircraft in production and testing is the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF-(lightning II-JSF)
  Now Boeing had a test bed that was denoted as the X32-A for CTOL and CV capabilities and then the X32-B was to be used to explore the STOVL realm.
  
  
  So I am at a loss as to what aircraft you are referring to?
  
  Taz
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  by Adrian Orchard 2 months ago

  Gosh Mike (or is it Taz, I'm at a loss as to what name you're referring to?)
  
  Maybe Chuck just made a simple transposition error - we call them 'mistakes' - as I'm sure if you give him the benefit of the doubt he meant "...the F-35 STOVL and the F-22..."
  
  Good grief....
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  by ernest knapp 2 months ago

  I'm a retired USAF aircraft mechanic. I saw the harrier when I was stationed in Japan and really thought that was terrific. The F-35 seems so further advanced. My only Question is the hours to maintain it?
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  by Nathan Bailey 1 month ago

  That is cool, I'm in the Airforce stationed in Boise, ID. and my unit has been talking about getting the F-35 and becoming a flight training base for the F-35.
  Ernest, they say that the F-35 has four different sections made and desined by four different countries so I imagine that it take a lot to maintain it.
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  by H James Martin 1 month ago

  Fantastic, Great Job!!
  
  H James Martin, Vietnam Vet, Disabled "Go Air force."
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  by T. Scofield 1 month ago

  air force will benefit, but "Go ingenuity" specifically, Lockheed Martin
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  by James Thompson 1 month ago

  I worked at Lockheed here in Palmdale from 1997 - 2000 and was on the project to build the two concept/demonstrator F35s. I actually got stuck in one of the roll ducts when I tried to exit out the wing. What an awsome airplane.
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  by Robert Edwards 1 month ago

  The F-35B is truly a magnificent aircraft and a credit to the design engineers and computer technologists at lockheed Martin. In the video John Beasley draws a comparison to the BAE Harrier which is somewhat misleading as the Harrier was developed in the 1960's and was the first successful V/STOL aircraft to be produced. The difference being is that the Harrier was a purely mechanical aircraft that had to be fully controlled by a pilot at all times and the pilots needed to develop special skills to operate, at the tme, this new type of aircraft. With the recent development of fly by wire and computer technology in aircraft, pilots have had to develop new skills which are relevent to the 21st century, however the bravery and courage of pilots never changes no matter which century we are living in.
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  by Bruce Gordon 6 days ago

  The F-35B is for the Marine Corps only. Most F-35s are like the Air Force version which deletes the vertical component and uses the space and weight for more fuel, giving much longer range. Cancellation of F-22 production means that we are relying completely on the F-35 for the future of our fighters. The F-35 is intended to be much cheaper than the F-22 and we plan to sell thousands of them to our allies. It sounds like a decision based on the budget, rather than on the best airplane.