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    F-35 ITF pilots ready for HMS Queen Elizabeth trials [Image 3 of 3]

    F-35 ITF pilots ready for HMS Queen Elizabeth trials

    UNITED STATES

    08.16.2018

    Photo by Dane Wiedmann 

    F-35 Lightning II Pax River ITF   

    U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Lippert, F-35 Pax River ITF test pilot, completes an vertical landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, Aug. 16, 2018, as part of the Queen Elizabeth workups in preparation for the First of Class Flight Trials (Fixed Wing) aboard Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
    Lippert, along with ITF pilots Royal Navy Cdr. Nathan Gray, Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Andy Edgell and BAE Systems Peter Wilson, and nearly 200 ITF experts will embark with two F-35B test jets and several test equipment to evaluate the fifth-generation aircraft performance and integration with the aircraft carrier. Weather and serviceability permitting, the first deck landing on the RN's 65,000-tonne future flagship is earmarked for late September.

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    Date Taken: 08.16.2018
    Date Posted: 08.24.2018 11:55
    Photo ID: 4674082
    VIRIN: 180816-N-ZB537-032
    Resolution: 3600x2400
    Size: 2.23 MB
    Location: US

    Web Views: 125
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