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Wonder what the software is...
It could explain why it kept flying for a while after the pilot bailed out...
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“Wonder what the software is...”
F35 Business Plan (maybe?):
1. Lowest Bidder (don’t waste time with lowest “qualified” bidder - I know a guy who knows a guy.)
2. Off-the-shelf parts for easier/cheaper replacements. May need to sole source the “stealthy stuff”. I have a brother-in-law...
2. China makes good, cheap semiconductors, don’t they?
3. Off-the-shelf software (recommend Windows - we can just create APIs for the special stuff.) Android as an option.
4. Reuse as much of Flight Simulator as possible to save money.
5. Pre-programmable take-off, landings, fight paths and dog fights.
6. Maybe manual operation for dog fights as an option.
6. Auto-eject or remote-eject (so the NPC’s won’t be afraid to fly in it.)
13. Wi-fi and bluetooth-enabled.
My late husband was flying a Hondajet. He was flying a “loaner” while waiting for the company’s to come off the assembly line. Almost every time he flew there were problems with the computer, from minor to serious, so he was essentially used as a test pilot without pay, but still legal to be flying after 65. He came home very upset Oct. 2021 because they were demanding he be vaccinated, and had him out on so many short hops, then put into a noisy hotel so little sleep that he went to bed exhausted. A couple days later I heard about and asked if the Hondjet with an STC that burst into flames on the tarmac had anything to do with his extreme upset. He was dead from a cardiac event a few hours later. Both of us being pilots, we avoided Airbus if we had an alternative.