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Northrop Grumman unveils fuselage for next U.S. fighter
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| Saturday, October 27, 2007.
| ALLISON GATLIN
Posted on 10/27/2007 1:50:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
10/27/2007 1:50:38 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
"READY TO GO - Air Force Major Gen. C.R. Davis, program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II program, speaks at the unveiling of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s center fuselage for the first weight-optimized Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft." Northrop Grumman
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posted on
10/27/2007 1:51:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/27/2007 1:58:16 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/27/2007 1:58:51 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: BenLurkin
F-35 Lightning II Northrop Grumman completed the center fuselage for the first weight-optimized Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft - a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant designated AF-1. Technicians at the company's F-35 facility in Palmdale move the center fuselage into position for a ceremony to celebrate the production milestone.
To: Westlander
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:00:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The Real Lightning.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:01:18 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Compromise on your vote and you get a compromised government.)
To: ricks_place
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:01:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I hope the weight loss was enough. Few airplanes have had so much hype to live up to and so many compromises to keep those performance promises from coming true.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:02:00 PM PDT
by
GBA
( God Bless America!)
To: Dr. Thorne
Oops. This is better.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:02:59 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Compromise on your vote and you get a compromised government.)
To: Dr. Thorne
That’s a beautiful airframe, indeed. But if the two went head-to-head, I know which one I’d rather be in.
To: Dr. Thorne
I remember seeing an old P-38 Lightning take off one foggy morning in 1946 from the Ponca City (OK) Municipal Airport (don't ask me what it was doing there).
Just taxiing to the end of the runway, it looked dangerous. Like a slithering cobra.
Then, when those Rolls-Royces wound up, there was a throaty buzz all around -- you could feel it inside you -- and, even at six, you knew the thing was truly deadly.
I'd love to have one.
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10/27/2007 2:13:14 PM PDT
by
okie01
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:13:55 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(I will not submit.)
To: Dr. Thorne
My Dad loved the Lightning. "When you saw one of those twin boomed beauties, you knew everything in the sky was American."
He was in tanks in the Pacific during WWII.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:17:55 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(I will not submit.)
To: BenLurkin
The F-35 is expected to replace many other aging aircraft, including the A-10Aging yes. But the A-10 is timeless.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:18:29 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(Born a ham and never cured.)
To: llevrok
I doubt that will EVER be able to replace the A-10’s ability.
To: BenLurkin
Great Caesar's Ghost! I enjoy reading about stuff like this. Such names are superb, as well. F35 Lightning II!!!
When I was in the Navy, I was a sonar tech on a destroyer. In those days, each division had a great deal of latitude in decorating said division's spaces aboard the ship.
Our captain, one Commander Louis Colbus charged us with decorating our ASROC launcher. Those of us who were young and impressionable wanted to paint on some Charles Schulz' Peanuts characters. This was likely at the height of Schulz' popularity in the early 1970s. We mocked up some art work and presented it to our division CPO, one Chief Charles I. Craig.
Chief Craig didn't say, "No," he said, "Hell, NO!!!" He added that he wanted our decorations for all the world to see displaying a "skull and cross bones, d--n it!" And, if the "men" in his charge weren't up to the task, he would scare up some women to get the job done.
Some folks have a proper understanding that military things should carry nomenclature to satify the senses and scare the bejeebers out of the bad guys.
Lightning II...now that tells a story.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:28:35 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: GBA
The Precursor to the FB-111,known as the TFX went through hell in congress because of cost overruns and such. The program was almost canceled.
But the FB-111 turned out to be an excellent penetration bomber once the kinks were worked out of it.
All new aircraft have growing pains.They just make the plane better.IMHO.
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posted on
10/27/2007 2:28:48 PM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The world is going to the dogs.)
To: BenLurkin
"weight-optimized "Does that means they got it just heavy enough that it will almost become airborne using current engine technology?
To: stevem
Just guessing here, but Chief Craig wouldn't care for this, either.
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10/27/2007 2:35:11 PM PDT
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magslinger
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