Sunday, June 18, 2023

It may be a bitch to do, but I'll bet it's a pisser to fly...

 
Business Insider - F-35 test pilots described how intense it is to fly the aircraft. "It's like an 800-pound gorilla sitting on your chest," a pilot said in a Lockheed Martin webinar. "After some training, pilots come out looking like they are 100 years old," another test pilot said. The F-35 has a top speed of around Mach 1.6 or 1,228 mph. 
 

The full article is really interesting. Read it here:


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