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F-35 set to come to the UK this year


Radleigh

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Stupid question but might it be at Waddington? I would sort of expect it to be at RIAT but after being every year for the last 18 i stopped going last year and refuse to go again when their only objective these days is to charge ridiculous amounts to everyoneincluding traders for a very very poor show, Waddington last year wiped the floor with Riat at substantially less cost to all involved

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Excellent! Look forward to seeing it at RIAT. My guess is that it will only fly on the trade days at Farnborough. I stopped attending a few years ago because the flying display on public days had become short with very familiar participants, rather than the interesting new types on show on the trade days.

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Shows before hoes ^_^ So are RIAT and Farnbro our best guess, or have they been confirmed? I found it difficult to read that web page for some reason, whether it was the font of the layout :hypnotised:

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first - pretty sedate - public demo was a couple of weeks ago at Yuma. What's that saying " if it looks right ..etc " - this one just doesn't

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I'm still not at all sure about the F-35 as a means of waging war (still a very unfortunate part of mankind's struggle to survive.... you'd really think we'd learn, but we will always be part of the animal kingdom, I guess).

Having said all that, I'm now looking forward to seeing this one at Fairford (hopefully!)

Cheers.

Chris.

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I think Camm and Mitchell would be turning in their graves.... It's a bit like the runt of the litter - ugly and unloved. What a waste of fuel carrying around the dead weight of the lift fan and for what gain in operational flexibility? I could undestand if it was going to be operated from an Invincible class cruiser but with a flight deck the size of HMS QE's what on earth posessed the MoD to go for this?

Definitely looked twitchy in the transition phases, and what a superb IR target from the rear......

Peter

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