F-35C: night flights
17/11/2014 | Redazione
The F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first carrier-based night flight operations aboard USS NIMITZ aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego Nov. 13. Navy test pilot Lt. Cmdr. Ted "Dutch" Dyckman piloted F-35C test aircraft CF-03 for the inaugural night flight, taking off from USS NIMITZ. At 6:01 p.m. Dyckman conducted a series of planned touch and goes before making an arrested landing at 6:40 pm.
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