F-35 Night VL
Durée: 1:16F-35B conducts first night time vertical landing
F-35B conducts first night time vertical landing
For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft launched together and conducted formation flying at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 18, 2012.
The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program.
Completed on Jan. 19, 2012 in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05 p.m. PST and landed after sunset at 6:22 p.m.
Tom Burbage, EVP & GM of the F-35 at Lockheed Martin, speech at the AIAC AGM in October 2010: F-35 Lightning II: Connecting to the Global Supply Chain
Credit: Jeff Patnaude (Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed Martin F-35 achieving first vertical landing.