Author Topic: Here’s The Video Of The First Aerobatic Flight Demo Of The F-35: Does It Showcase Exceptional Maneuverability Or Quite The Opposite?  (Read 256 times)

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Offline endicom

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By Tom Demerly
June 19, 2017

Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Billie Flynn just performed his first F-35A Flight Demo At Paris Air Show. Did he “crush years of misinformation about what this aircraft is capable of doing” as promised?

Set against a brilliant French sky with puffy cumulus clouds Lockheed Martin’s star test pilot Billie Flynn thrilled the crowd at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris, France today as he wheeled and tumbled his F-35A Lightning II through an aerobatic demonstration some critics claimed was nearly impossible.

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Honestly speaking the new PAS 2017 routine seems to be more dynamic than expected. But in terms of instantaneous and sustained turn rates the F-35 does not seem to match the performance of the famous super-maneuverable Sukhois, Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen or Rafale (to name but few).

More w/video... https://theaviationist.com/2017/06/19/heres-the-video-of-the-first-aerobatic-flight-demo-of-the-f-35-does-it-showcase-exceptional-maneuverability-or-quite-the-opposite/


Author's opinion based on this first demo.

Yesterday it was said that the plane would be loaded as for combat but here that is unstated.
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...the F-35 does not seem to match the performance of the famous super-maneuverable Sukhois, Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen or Rafale (to name but few).
And it IS NOT intended to...dumba$$.
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