Stovl F-35 Opens its Lift-System Doors
Credit: LOCKHEED MARTIN
Lockheed Martin’s F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing Joint Strike Fighter has opened all of its lift-system doors in flight for the first time—including the rearward-opening lift-fan inlet door—to check handling qualities. The shaft-driven lift fan was not engaged. Aircraft BF-1 completed the...
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