First Slow Landing At Pax River

Posted 17 February 2010
Photo by Sean Seremet

BAE test pilot Graham Tomlinson guides the F-35B to its first slow landing at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The landing at 130 knots, with the lift fan operating and the three-bearing swivel nozzle deflected, is the first in a series of progressively slower landings leading up to the first hover and vertical landing.

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