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F-35 Lightning II - The Future is Flying
















F-35 Lightning II - The Future is Flying

December 15, 2006: The F-35 Lightning II lifts into the skies for the first time. Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley returns from the flight with a thumbs up and a big grin, exclaiming praise for an aircraft that flew “beautifully.” A new era in military aviation begins. Today, the first F-35 continues to validate the aircraft’s design while demonstrating uncommon reliability.

As the F-35 was beginning flight tests, another aircraft took to the air. The Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird), a highly modified 737, was developed to validate the Lightning II’s powerful avionics suite. The CATBird demonstrates the fighter’s ability to collect data from multiple sensors and fuse it into a coherent situational awareness display in a dynamic airborne environment. [Download]

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