Just Cool!!!!
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This is from a game called battlefield 2. Although the following 2 paragraphs are perfectly true the person who sent this around in a chain email to me doesn't seem to know anything about video games.
"A supremely well-trained US Navy pilot, ice running in his veins instead of
blood, fully regains control of his $70 million, F-35, joint strike force fighter, after a problematic vertical take-off attempt. Watch as the rear vertical thruster fires to cause the problem.
There's nothing about this the pilot enjoys. If he could have ejected at 100'
upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the afterburner kicks in while
still vectored for vertical takeoff. Lockheed would call this software malfunction"
and do a little more "regressive testing". Good demonstration of power-to-weight
ratio of this aircraft! And talk about stability control ... If he didn't come
out of the loop wings-level, probably would have been bad news; maybe taking some
of the carrier with him! Add to this flying through your own exhaust - can
lead to equipment malfunctions, too! As in "flame out".
The F-35 is single engine with vertical takeoff/landing capability but at zero
airspeed it has the aerodynamics of a Steinway piano. This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life."
"A supremely well-trained US Navy pilot, ice running in his veins instead of
blood, fully regains control of his $70 million, F-35, joint strike force fighter, after a problematic vertical take-off attempt. Watch as the rear vertical thruster fires to cause the problem.
There's nothing about this the pilot enjoys. If he could have ejected at 100'
upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the afterburner kicks in while
still vectored for vertical takeoff. Lockheed would call this software malfunction"
and do a little more "regressive testing". Good demonstration of power-to-weight
ratio of this aircraft! And talk about stability control ... If he didn't come
out of the loop wings-level, probably would have been bad news; maybe taking some
of the carrier with him! Add to this flying through your own exhaust - can
lead to equipment malfunctions, too! As in "flame out".
The F-35 is single engine with vertical takeoff/landing capability but at zero
airspeed it has the aerodynamics of a Steinway piano. This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life."
I'm not a gamer but I do know of a site called snopes. 
http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f35.asp
I was hoping that the interesting facts thread was going to get legs, Dillon. Between a facts and a BS thread, we could all have a lot of fun.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f35.asp
I was hoping that the interesting facts thread was going to get legs, Dillon. Between a facts and a BS thread, we could all have a lot of fun.
