F-35 BF-1 (STOVL) First Flight.

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On June 11, 2008 the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II made its first flight with BAE test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls from Lockheeds Martin's Fort Worth facility.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: June 17, 2008 at 2:39 am
Author: Yoram777NL

Length: 00:08:06
Rating: 5.00
Views: 8656

Tags: F-35 BF-1 First Flight F-35B STOVL jet fighter bomber JSF Jo

Video Comments:
Nano022289X (September 20, 2008 at 3:27 am)
at0.22, i wonder why the canopy is like that instead of closing the other way around?
sts70004 (October 13, 2008 at 10:57 pm)
My guess is so that if theres a canopy lock failure at high-speed flight it doesn't rip off and subject the pilot to intense shockwaves
juanmacru (September 16, 2008 at 1:05 am)
united states have the powerfull best fighters in all world
aarvark9999 (July 16, 2008 at 5:22 am)
Keep in mind these are the first production versions of the aircraft. Prototypes have been flying for several years.
Jaewon12345 (July 10, 2008 at 4:51 am)
add some thrust vectoring and this plane will own all
chavalanche1 (July 2, 2008 at 10:49 pm)
umm how do you know all this stuff? jw cuz im pretty sure none of it is right
bujoun76 (July 3, 2008 at 9:27 am)
I'v actually seen the system working! There is a series of sensors around the aircraft that combine information for the pilot. Those sensors allow the pilot to look through the fighter like it wasn't even there! All of the latest versions of Russian firgters use, a less advanced, helmet mounted targeting technology. And all Super Hornet pilots have them but the F-35 has the most advanced system. The Raptor will have it soon as well! You'll learn about it too in time. The F-18 HMTS is on youtube.
chavalanche1 (July 3, 2008 at 8:21 pm)
Idk where you saw this working but theres no "x-ray vision" but the looking at a aircraft and firing is true
bujoun76 (July 4, 2008 at 1:27 am)
You'll see buddy. And I wont say "I told you so"! It's only a matter of time.
DannyZRC (October 13, 2008 at 1:15 am)
it's called the distributed aperture system, and the aircraft does indeed have all aspect video and IR cameras, the pilot can have this data in the helmet and can look through himself and the aircraft, even with night vision. the sensors are also used for early warning / missile detection.