F-35 Milestone… Finally… |
JSF finally executed a vertical landing in flight test. It took off, flew to 150 ft, then descended vertically to land. Good to see this incredibly expensive aircraft making some progress forward.
One question though: what is up with the huge shroud that stands up vertically above the air intake? Looks like a great way for the jet to advertise its presence to the enemy. Makes me wonder if any marine pilot would want to use the vertical landing capability anywhere near hostile territory. Isn’t the idea that you can land at FOBs that are unimproved and stay closer to the action. I’m just guessing that the shroud would send up a huge beacon and target, giving away the FOB location from miles away… hopefully that’s just an intermediate design.



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