royalstarjac Posted April 30, 2008 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2008 Here are some pics taken yesterday of the first F35 Lightning II STOVL. It was just painted. This is the program I'm currently assigned to.-Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted April 30, 2008 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2008 NICE, VERY NICE !! !! (the bigger the Boys, the bigger their Toys) :D here's some Background Info ... http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/jsf/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted April 30, 2008 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2008 Ah...but its only a 1st gen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariner Fan Posted April 30, 2008 Share #4 Posted April 30, 2008 Jack you have a good gig! Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tessa c2 Posted April 30, 2008 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2008 looks great,bet ya, that dangles along at a nice speed:whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyDawg Posted April 30, 2008 Share #6 Posted April 30, 2008 Ah...but its only a 1st gen!! Actually it's a Second Gen. The AV-8 Harrier is the first Gen. That's the puppy I cut my teeth on. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/av-8.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Terror Posted April 30, 2008 Share #7 Posted April 30, 2008 Joint Strike fighter. These pics are not top secret are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalstarjac Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted April 30, 2008 Joint Strike fighter. These pics are not top secret are they? OOPS! Not anymore they're not! Oh well.-Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted April 30, 2008 Share #9 Posted April 30, 2008 Actually it's a Second Gen. The AV-8 Harrier is the first Gen. That's the puppy I cut my teeth on. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/av-8.htm Well, different name, different plane, not 2 generations of the SAME plane...anyway, its all in jest...I was trying to bug those guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarges46 Posted April 30, 2008 Share #10 Posted April 30, 2008 Hmmmm.......pretty, fast, clean lines......I agree, nice gig you got. I would love to fly in a fighter, but I am too old and too fat and have no connections anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Venturer Posted April 30, 2008 Share #11 Posted April 30, 2008 Here are some pics taken yesterday of the first F35 Lightning II STOVL. It was just painted. This is the program I'm currently assigned to.-Jack Nice loooking Landing Gears... we build those!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FozzyUSN Posted April 30, 2008 Share #12 Posted April 30, 2008 Ah...but its only a 1st gen!! But the 1st Gen's are the best! :rasberry::rasberry::rasberry::rasberry: They are also the fastest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoutman Posted April 30, 2008 Share #13 Posted April 30, 2008 Cool lookin bomber. I speng 13 years working in that windowless airforce plant. Used to call home to ask the wife what the weather was like. Thanks for posting the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyDawg Posted April 30, 2008 Share #14 Posted April 30, 2008 Well, different name, different plane, not 2 generations of the SAME plane...anyway, its all in jest...I was trying to bug those guys... Actually it's a Second Gen VSTOL aircraft that was the point I was making. Call it what they want, but the Harrier is were it got it's inception. I just wonder if it can carry the payload of a AV-8B Night Attack. Being fast isn't always what it's cracked up to be, you still have to deliver the goods. Just ask my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyDawg Posted April 30, 2008 Share #15 Posted April 30, 2008 Cool lookin bomber. I speng 13 years working in that windowless airforce plant. Used to call home to ask the wife what the weather was like. Thanks for posting the pictures. Window's? Aren't they what's on houses? I have worked the last 26 years in buildings without windows. It really sucks in the winter. Go to work in the dark and leave in the dark and unless you are a smoker you never see the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted April 30, 2008 Share #16 Posted April 30, 2008 Actually it's a Second Gen VSTOL aircraft that was the point I was making. Call it what they want, but the Harrier is were it got it's inception. I got it...but by that logic, our bikes are probably something like the 2000th gen, cuz two wheels and two bags has been done many times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaWhiskey Posted April 30, 2008 Share #17 Posted April 30, 2008 We need F-302's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHorse Posted April 30, 2008 Share #18 Posted April 30, 2008 I hope its safer then the Harrier those things used to crash if a bug hit the windshield. Not a big fan vstol limited payload. Not a fan of single engine either. I prefer the F-22 but cool photo anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalstarjac Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share #19 Posted April 30, 2008 I worked on the F22 for 10 yrs. I prefer it also.Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopilot Posted April 30, 2008 Share #20 Posted April 30, 2008 MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm.............TOyyyyyyzzzzz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalstarjac Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share #21 Posted May 7, 2008 This a picture of the F 22 assembly line in Marietta GA.-Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRefugee Posted May 7, 2008 Share #22 Posted May 7, 2008 SON: Dad when I grow up I want to be a pilot FATHER: Son, you can't do both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHorse Posted May 8, 2008 Share #23 Posted May 8, 2008 This a picture of the F 22 assembly line in Marietta GA.-Jack Nothin there Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalstarjac Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share #24 Posted May 8, 2008 Nothin there Jack Click on the thumbnail. It's working for me.-Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHorse Posted May 8, 2008 Share #25 Posted May 8, 2008 Click on the thumbnail. It's working for me.-Jack Im not seeing it. I see a box that says attached thumbnails but nothing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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