Message posted by jose on December 20, 2000 at 22:38:10 EST:
Jose LOCKHEED-MARTIN TAKES NEW FIGHTER FOR TEST SPIN EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. ( December 16, 2000 8:32 p.m. EST The defense giant is competing with Boeing to produce a Joint Strike The winner of the contract, expected to be worth $200 billion, is to be Lockheed Martin's X-35C, designed specifically for naval aircraft carrier "It went very smoothly, very similar to the simulations," Sweeney said. The X-35C was the second Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator Boeing's X-32A Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator has been flying since
I found AP article on http://www.nandotimes.com and AP website :-)
The Associated Press
http://www.nandotimes.com ) - A Lockheed Martin test pilot took the first
flight Saturday in the company's latest entry into the military's
multibillion-dollar fighter jet competition.
Fighter, which would be used by the Air Force, Navy, Marines and Britain's
Royal Air Force and Navy.
chosen next year.
operations, made a 27-minute flight from Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air
Force Base, where it will undergo further flight testing, said Joe
Sweeney, the test pilot.
But he said testing wasn't completed "because of some give-and-take
between the airplane and the control room" as data from the flight was
examined.
to fly. The company's X-35A began flying in October and completed its test
program on Nov. 22.
Sept. 18.
In Reply to: X-35C first flight posted by Magoo on December 17, 2000 at 18:58:19 EST:
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