F-35 Lightning II Airborn Photo

[KeithnFW]

12:40pm CST

[rphoto]

Fantastic shot as usual

[beetleman]

Great shot on an historic event.

[KeithnFW]

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[CaptainTom]

If Keith doesn't mind, we can make this the official F-35 first flight page ???

Mine are on Pbase, and seem to have lost a ton of detail in the transition.

Edited - updated pictures

TAKEOFF


W/ LOCKHEED CHASE PLANE


COMING BACK HOME



TIGHT CROP FOR DETAILS

[smoothassilk]

WOW!! Keith and Captain thos are aewsome pictures. Love that close up of the cockpit.

[KeithnFW]

Way to go Tom... .you must have picked it up on approach at Lake Worth??? . . . Once it took off I had to leave for work.

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by KeithnFW

Way to go Tom... .you must have picked it up on approach at Lake Worth??? . . . Once it took off I had to leave for work.

Yup. Found a spot, and just waited a few minutes. As you know, you can miss them if you aren't paying attention. Wasn't it a beautiful day for a certification flight ??

[engstrom]

First of all great pictures Keith and Tom. Ya'll did a good job getting the first flight of the F35. But, are my eyes deceiving me or is that one ugly plane?!?!

[Daniel Bates]

It's, uh, "chunky". But it flies, and that made my morning!

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by engstrom

First of all great pictures Keith and Tom. Ya'll did a good job getting the first flight of the F35. But, are my eyes deceiving me or is that one ugly plane?!?!

It is fully stealth. In fact, I didn't even actually see the plane today. I think they just projected a hologram out there for the photographers and crowd.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It doesn't have "classic" lines, but I guess that's the trade off you make for the improved technology, ala Space Shuttle.

[dcs4]

It's going to be "chunky" as you call it. Everything is stored inside the plane. As opposed to the everything attached underneath like it is on the F-16 photos.

[MRCPix]

great job with the photo's and that is one awesome aircraft.

[Roy]

Good work guys. I did catch a little report on the news tonight so I knew there was a possibility to see some good shots here. Thanks for posting them. Well done!

[Hogleg 44]

These are certainly Better pics than the newspaper had! Way to go guys!!!