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

[FS]

Colin oz has an order in for a 100 of these aircraft and theres a 
likelihood that members of my immediate family could be involved with them
frank

On 5/4/2013 10:09 PM, x50type wrote:
> Not to worry, Frank
> you probably wont be flying in one.
> incidentally, there are plenty of dire warnings, etc. on the web about 
> this aircraft  e.g......http://rt.com/usa/pentagon-f35-report-combat-012/
> ct
> *From:* FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 04, 2013 5:57 AM
> *To:* BitList <mailto:bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] Fwd: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: simply a 
> phenomenal flying machine - Telegraph
> 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:
> >
> > 
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10037145/The-F-35-Joint-Strike-Fighter-simply-a-phenomenal-flying-machine.html
> >

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/pipermail/bitlist/attachments/20130504/afb5b27a/attachment.htm