[BITList] Fwd: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: simply a phenomenal flying machine - Telegraph

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Mike
was reading a write up of this plane in popular mechanics today, the 
list of faults cataloged was scary and the way some of them rectified 
even scarier e.g. the flaps are controlled by pressurised fuel in the 
event of damage by enemy action shutoff valves were installed in the 
circuits however this safety system  was deemed too heavy the answer was 
to remove the shutoff valves leaving the plane very vulnerable in combat 
not really an approach I would be happy about
frank



On 5/4/2013 5:47 PM, M.j. Feltham wrote:
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10037145/The-F-35-Joint-Strike-Fighter-simply-a-phenomenal-flying-machine.html
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