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To: Jet Jaguar
VTOL or STOL?

Both.

There's a a fan mounted 90 degrees off the front of the engine , behind the pilot, that draws cool air from above and blows it direct out the bottom.

Way cool.

5 posted on 06/28/2007 5:10:23 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: ChadGore

The F-35 is V/STOL (Veritcal/Short take off and landing). The Naval version is conventional carrier.


38 posted on 06/28/2007 7:18:25 PM PDT by rmlew (Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
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