Rolls Royce F35B Lift System
A collection of images from Rolls Royce of the F35B Lift System.
Tag Fast jets
Deck Coatings for Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers Suitable for the F35B
An interesting snippet of news from the Maritime Journal regarding deck coatings for the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. The MoD have reportedly awarded a contract to Monitor Coatings Ltd in North Shields for…
Does anyone still know how much an F35 will cost?
This is another one of those ‘one from the archive’ posts. In April 2009 I asked the question; The points I raised in this 2009 post were; Complex major projects like the F35 have a tendency to be more expensive, arrive…
From the TD Archives – Low Cost CAS Aircraft
Another topic that often attracts a great deal of interest, even the Chief of the General Staff made several points about £70m Typhoon’s providing Close Air Support and surely, something cheaper would do. In this post, I came down firmly…
F35 The Jack of All Trades
Finish the sentence Not perhaps the best marketing metaphor given recent events
Air Show Blues
Anyone would think with from hype surrounding the F35 and RIAT that the very freedom of the Western World depended on an aircraft in development doing a star turn at an airshow. Any chance of a spot of perspective? In fact,…
Typhoon Intercept
Another day, another intercept RAF Typhoons were yesterday (Tuesday 17 June) scrambled to intercept multiple Russian aircraft as part of NATO’s ongoing mission to police Baltic airspace. The Typhoon aircraft, from 3 (Fighter) Squadron, were launched after four separate groups…
A Quick Look Back at the F35
As the second coming launch of HMS Queen Elizabeth approaches, the planned visit to the UK by the F35 and of course, the ever present arguments for and against this most studied of aircraft and the continued speculation about how…
RAF Baltic Air Policing
A collection of videos of the RAF Baltic air policing mission