Lockheed Martin F-35 Takeoff, Hover, Vertical Landing STOL

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Video clip has takeoff, hover and vertical landing.
A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.

"Today's vertical landing onto a 95-foot square pad showed that we have the thrust and the control to maneuver accurately both in free air and in the descent through ground effect," said F-35 Lead STOVL Pilot Graham Tomlinson.

Tomlinson performed an 80-knot (93 miles per hour) short takeoff from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., at 1:09 p.m. EDT. About 13 minutes into the flight, he positioned the aircraft 150 feet above the airfield, where he commanded the F-35 to hover for approximately one minute then descend to the runway.

"The low workload in the cockpit contrasted sharply with legacy short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) platforms," said Tomlinson, a retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot and a BAE Systems employee since 1986. "Together with the work already completed for slow-speed handling and landings, this provides a robust platform to expand the fleet's STOVL capabilities."

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@hyper2monkey2boy

Then please have your step dad tell those knuckleheaded senior executives at Lockheed Martin to pull their heads out of their butts so they can their act together. The entire F-35 project has become a multi-billion dollar money pit, the project is way behind schedule, and Robert Gates already put the F-35B varient on probation.

[hyper2monkey2boy]

my step dad is supervisor for the final assembly team

[VenatorFX2012]

Says On Dailytech Slower F-35C is needed, meaning everyone is Quacking about Airforce Superiority? Good thing to have that F-16J Fighting Falchion program to fit the tactical configuration requirements, means F-35 Needed for next World War? F-22J good to Rebomb after F-16J F.F.'s? When Does Stealth 2005 Come into play after next 2 World War's being masses produced! 2X gen Ahead sounds Clash of Nations Lights out!  C&C Generals 2 Might not be needed yet with those F-16J F.F.'s!

[superenga12]

this is the most sexy thing ive seen since i saw megan fox washing motorsycles in transformers 2

[zzApotheosis]

@udical i say thats a biased statement. you cant say that one jet is better than another just on design itself. say you have two pilots, an oustanding one and an average one. if you put the good pilot in the f-22 then yeah, the f-22's gonna shred the f-35, but if you put the good pilot in the f-35, then the f-35 is gonna bring that f-22 down to the ground, ya know?

[udical]

@zzApotheosis yea but f.22 will eat this

[udical]

@bobmorane2030 rafale is not modern plane

[inamonianim]

Biggest waste of money ever.

[bobmorane2030]

Get the rafale

[zzApotheosis]

I can't believe this is cheaper than the F-22. lolol

[TheHawkeye518]

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ever hear of breaking the sound barrier. well this just broke sound.

[LukRacer]

Can you shoot while hovering?