Blimpyboy Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 This is why we don’t lend you the car, kiddo... https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2020/03/09/raaf-f-35a-damaged-in-williamtown-ground-incident/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Oops! That won't buff out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Paul Bradley said: That won't buff out... But... but... Lockheed says wear and tear will make it better and more stealthy... https://www.wired.com/2012/11/f-35-gets-stealthier/ Edited July 14, 2020 by Blimpyboy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) 🙂 Edited July 14, 2020 by Blimpyboy Extraneous post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Our sincere thoughts go out to the poor soul who pushed the gate-close button a tad early. The L&D won’t be minor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Presumably the motion-sensor on the gate couldn't pick up the jet because of the "stealth" coating... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 Boom-tish...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 10 hours ago, hairystick said: Presumably the motion-sensor on the gate couldn't pick up the jet because of the "stealth" coating... 🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11bravo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/13/2020 at 9:20 PM, Blimpyboy said: But... but... Lockheed says wear and tear will make it better and more stealthy... https://www.wired.com/2012/11/f-35-gets-stealthier/ Oh gawd... an 8-year old article by notorious JSF hater David Axe (is this guy even around any more?). Is that the best that the anti-F-35 crowd can come up with these days? LOL..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 It is such a polarising debate, isn’t it? There seems to be no middle ground - people either love it or hate it. Personally, I feel it’s another F-111 - let it mature and it will be appreciated and praised; plus, it will perform very well indeed. It is an amazing promise of a fighter for the coming generations. Still, for what it is and will need to do, I feel it’s just not worth the asking price, especially for countries with better things - and people - to spend billions on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/14/2020 at 5:26 AM, alex said: Our sincere thoughts go out to the poor soul who pushed the gate-close button a tad early. The L&D won’t be minor Or alternatively, the button for Nine Entertainment on the TV remote control in the Engineers' Mess operates on the same frequency as the remote for the gate .............. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 "Honest Guv, I didn't see you and your stealth jet...". Duncan B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 14 hours ago, 11bravo said: Oh gawd... an 8-year old article by notorious JSF hater David Axe (is this guy even around any more?). Is that the best that the anti-F-35 crowd can come up with these days? LOL..... I don't anything about David Axe but he writes the regular "Cutting Edge - Dispatches from the front line of Aerospace Technology" column that is to be found towards the back of the monthly magazine "Combat Aircraft Journal" (formerly Combat Aircraft Magazine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 15 hours ago, 11bravo said: Is that the best that the anti-F-35 crowd can come up with these days? I agree there's a lot of silly unnecessary hate (even dafter than the people who take against the A380 because, because, er, because it's the A380) but not this, surely? You could turn this into something anti-F-35 only by complaining that it doesn't have a self-defence system that shoots down street furniture. (Or possibly one that's so badly programmed that it attacks Belisha beacons instead.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11bravo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Blimpyboy said: It is such a polarising debate, isn’t it? There seems to be no middle ground - people either love it or hate it. Personally, I feel it’s another F-111 - let it mature and it will be appreciated and praised; plus, it will perform very well indeed. It is an amazing promise of a fighter for the coming generations. Still, for what it is and will need to do, I feel it’s just not worth the asking price, especially for countries with better things - and people - to spend billions on. I agree, to a point. I used to be a very vocal F-35 critic (how could you not be in the early days?). However by most accounts, with enough time and dollars, it seems to have matured into a pretty decent bit of kit. Nothing to be gained by bringing up decade old issues that have mostly been resolved, besides, it’s not like we (in my case the USA) has a fall back Plan B. This thing has to work or we are in a world of hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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