Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Fighter aircraft technology able to vertical takeoff

Fighter aircraft technology able to vertical takeoff
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WASHINGTON - F-35 fighter aircraft which previously able to attack without being detected by enemy radar, is now rumored to be able to take off vertically. Thus, a fleet of jets the United States (U.S.) this can be directly hovering in the air (vertical takoff) without must "run" fast in high speed.

F-35B is the Marine Corps version from the F-35 Lightning II, which recently completed the test vertical takeoff. Video test of the vertical hovering this immortalized in a video uploaded to YouTube.

The experiments it carried out on May 10, 2013 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Lockheed Martin, the company developer of this fighter aircraft announced the ability F-35B on May 20, 2013.

This advanced capability fighter aircraft, designed to can immediately fly fast in short runways vertically. The aircraft can also land vertically from the air.

F-35 known with the name Joint Strike Fighter which intended to the task of attack "tacit" or invisible. Thus, nearly undetectable by enemy radar.

U.S. military buy the F-35B, to replace the fighter aircraft AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18 Hornets. Some U.S. allies, including the UK and the Netherlands, also planning to buy the F-35.

Video of F-35B vertical takeoff you can see via this link.

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