THE SECOND F-22 RAPTOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS FIRST FLIGHT

The second F-22 Raptor successfully completed its first flight from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., about 10 days ahead of schedule. Paul Metz, chief test pilot for the Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 program, took the aircraft to a maximum altitude of 20,000 ft. and a maximum speed of 250 kt...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.