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Old February 25th 10, 03:53 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Navy F-35 - offline for a month

On Feb 24, 7:38*pm, J wrote:
On Feb 22, 10:47*am, Mike wrote:

Inside the Navy - 2/22/2010
Navy doesnıt expect schedule delay
Official: Navy JSF Variant To Go Offline For A Month For Design Fixes
The Navyıs F-35 Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant will be taken
offline "for about a month" to put design fixes in after problems with
load transfers during launch were discovered last year, but it will


For us ignorant civilians who subscribe to SMN, what does "problems
with
load transfers during launch" mean?

Thanks . . . J


Navy fighters tend to launch very fast with partially full fuel tanks.

Slosh - Slosh - Slosh - Tip over...

-HJC