F-35B Engages Stovl System In Flight

ENGAGE!: The short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing F-35B engaged its lift system in flight for the first time on Jan. 7 during a test sortie from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Test pilot Graham Tomlinson engaged the shaft-driven lift fan at 5,000 feet and 210 knots, slowed to 180 knots, then...

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