Yesterday two F-35Cs landed aboard USS Eisenhower to begin a two week sea trial. The first series was conducted aboard USS Nimitz earlier this year.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTF2mxxPqgo]
For all the criticism I’ve heard about the F-35 program, I have to say, everything I’ve heard from the people that actually fly it is positive. The Direct Lift Control system makes flying the carrier approach much easier than a conventional jet.
Guess we will not know until there is a Real World test.
They grow up so fast…
Just other day (it seems) I was reading that the problems with the tailhook were insurmountable and the C model would never be able to land on a carrier.