Lightning at Sunrise

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/15/2016 at 10:05 • Filed to: planelopnik

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An F-35C taking part in Carrier Suitability Tests aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).

Photo by Andrew McMurtrie via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Azrek > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 10:10

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Someone is about to be.....thunderstruck?

Clemsie McKenzie > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 10:15

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Say what you will about the F-35, I just love how it looks.

Jcarr > Clemsie McKenzie 04/15/2016 at 10:20

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I got to finally see it in person last summer and I can confirm, it is a good looking aircraft.

djmt1 > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 10:22

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Good looking piece of machinery there. Also did they fix the whole melting through the deck issue. Kind of important since my taxes are paying for 138 of the things alongside 2 seriously not needed carriers.

ttyymmnn > djmt1 04/15/2016 at 10:25

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I think they’ve fixed it. If not, I’m sure it’s on the punch list.

I’m not so sure those carriers are not needed, especially with the looming, shall we say, “disagreements” with the Chinese over who exactly owns the Pacific Ocean.

djmt1 > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 10:28

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Wrong Navy. Unless the Royal Navy decides the best way to justify the insane cost of these things is to get involved with the incoming Pacific Shitstorm.

ttyymmnn > djmt1 04/15/2016 at 10:34

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Ah. Sorry. I’ve lost track of how many carriers the US is building or has built (/humble brag, /we’re actually broke). I’ve read a bit about the current RN fiasco of carriers and aircraft. What a nightmare.

d15b > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 11:28

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You know it’s gettin down with the git down.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 11:48

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Proper Lightning at sunrise.

From http://www.upatdawnphotography.com/galleries/warb…

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > ttyymmnn 04/15/2016 at 11:56

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It’s interesting how different that wing is. I guess it needs the lift for carrier ops?

BorkBorkBjork > Clemsie McKenzie 04/15/2016 at 12:22

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The F-36C, with it’s longer wings, is definitely the looker of the bunch.

ttyymmnn > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 04/16/2016 at 00:17

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Different than....? What are you seeing that you are wondering about?

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/16/2016 at 00:17

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Beautiful.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > ttyymmnn 04/16/2016 at 09:41

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I might be wrong but I thought the C model had a higher aspect ratio wing than the B and A model.

Also I didn’t think that the A and B model had Flaperon mode for the outer most control surfaces

ttyymmnn > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 04/16/2016 at 09:44

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You may be right. I don't know.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > ttyymmnn 04/16/2016 at 09:49

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It’s actually not a higher aspect ratio, it’s just bigger overall. Like, holy shit that’s a lot of wing for a fighter big.

ttyymmnn > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 04/16/2016 at 10:23

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I never knew there were different wing sizes. Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out.