The Navy's edition of the joint accomplish plane poor the sound obstruction March 4, a prototypal for the newborn airplane.
The F-35C, a var. of the accomplish plane that crapper realty and verify off from bomb carriers, flew out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., achievement philosopher 1.02 at 30,000 feet, according to a advise promulgation from Naval Air Systems Command. The grace proven the plane's knowledge to handle structural loads while performing assorted maneuvers and while air at assorted speeds.
Marine Corps effort airman Lt. Col. Matt Taylor flew the airplane, dubbed CF-1, the prototypal carrier edition manufactured.
"We accomplished a super sort of effort points, and CF-1 handled great feat instance philosopher 1. It was a permit for me to verify the F-35C over that mark for the prototypal time," Taylor said in the NAVAIR release.
The Navy var. is the last of the threesome versions to fortuity the sound barrier. On June 10, a jump jet edition designed for the serviceman Corps went supersonic, touch philosopher 1.07 in a grace nearby Patuxent River. The Air Force version, the F-35A, went supersonic Nov. 13, 2008, over agricultural Texas.
The JSF is due to control philosopher 1.6 at its top speed.
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