JSF STATUS REPORT THE NETHERLANDS
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Dutch
Aviation MEDIA 2013
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What will it be, JSF, Eurofighter,
Gripen, Rafale ??? (continuation) |
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Our former status report in 'Piloot en
Vliegtuig' (above) also on this site. |
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This month's magazine: The article as
well as Hans Heerkens reflections part-2 ! |
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Get a good impression of the
present status, and expectations for the future. |
Though unlikely, you never know if a
government will make a sudden unexpected choice. |
As long as the JSF is not the overall
definite choice, it's all open still. Eurofighter ? Gripen ? |
Or... endlife update for the Fighting
Falcon ?? It's crisis you know .......... |
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'PILOOT
EN VLIEGTUIG' MAGAZINE - March 2013 |
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Februari 2013 will bring
the second edition of 'JSF Status Report'
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2012.
A
crucial year for the JSF,
the promising program is
now being observed with mixed feelings
by the various partners |
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Lockheed
Martin tests and informs, but the program is not running smoothly |
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Not
to say unfortunate, ast the F-35B STOVL is grounded momentarily due to
problems with the 'vertical' systems. |
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Ofcourse
testing and improving will go on, to have the F-35B land on carrier
platforms. |
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Above
some details of the JSF, the engine is common for all the variuos types. |
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As
for the Dutch: It will still take some time between this animation and the
real flights over The Netherlands |
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If
the JSF can deliver what it is designed for, it's a 'hell of a machine' ! |
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Much
depends on the delivery
time of
Lockheed
Martin, to avoid costly upgrades after too late (years) deliveries. |
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It
was recently reported that
a
Turkish decision to
purchase the aircraft
has been postponed |
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In
case the numbers (sale) will firmly decrease that will implicate that the price
per aircraft will rise |
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In
particular the
development of software is
dramatically behind schedule
and it looks like
becoming the big bottleneck. |
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However
testing and flying continues, and several clients are informed and
consulted. |
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A
view of a test ramp, jet engine blasts registered by dozens of sensors. |
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This
test-pilot doesn't seem to have any problems flying the brandnew fifth
generation aircraft ! |
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The
future of this plane depends on the succes of testing, delivering and how
the crisis in Europe will proceed |
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Time
will tell
how the project goes, but
in any case the U.S.
Congress passes an important mark.
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Take
a close look again: It will still take some time before we can admire our
roundels on JSF's over The Netherlands ! |
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Our
special thanks go to Lockheed Martin, allowing us to show these pictures
to the readers in Status reports 2011 / 2013 |
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Article in English |
Artikel in het Nederlands |
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Go
to stage report 2011 for
former information |
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read our disclaimer mainpage left |