F-35 from HMS Queen Elizabeth makes an emergency landing
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https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/f-35-bel...
One way of getting there “under the radar”🤣
One way of getting there “under the radar”🤣
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/f-35-from-hms-quee...
FR showed it as Netherlands AF but it’s got US markings in the photos.
FR showed it as Netherlands AF but it’s got US markings in the photos.
If it did "run out of fuel" as the story suggests, is airport jet fuel the same stuff the military would use so in theory they could top up and be on their way?
Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
s2kjock said:
If it did "run out of fuel" as the story suggests, is airport jet fuel the same stuff the military would use so in theory they could top up and be on their way?
Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
It won't be fuel. With the flat tyre, I'd wager it's as simple as 'damn, got a flat.. shall I land on the small, moving aircraft carrier, or the large, static airfield?' .. Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
The interesting bit we won't find out is why it got a flat.. FOD? lift fan issues seem unlikely to be suitable for a divert like that.. could something get slurped through the lift fan and pinged out into the tyre at speed, without harming the fan?
You'd think the F35 is of the few aeroplanes where landing with a flat tyre shouldn't be a problem 
. As above though I guess there's the question of did whatever cause it also cause some damage to something else. I'd have thought a lift fan issue would be one of the best reasons for diverting to somewhere you can make a conventional landing rather than a vertical landing.
. As above though I guess there's the question of did whatever cause it also cause some damage to something else. I'd have thought a lift fan issue would be one of the best reasons for diverting to somewhere you can make a conventional landing rather than a vertical landing.
El stovey said:
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/f-35-from-hms-quee...
FR showed it as Netherlands AF but it’s got US markings in the photos.
That's because there are more USMC F-35B (from VFMA-211) onboard Queen Liz than our own ones, well, there was until this one took a sightseeing detour.FR showed it as Netherlands AF but it’s got US markings in the photos.
s2kjock said:
If it did "run out of fuel" as the story suggests, is airport jet fuel the same stuff the military would use so in theory they could top up and be on their way?
Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
I think the only difference between Jet A-1 (commercial) and the UK F34 (military) is that F34 has FSII (fuel systems icing inhibitor) mixed in. Not to sure if the American JP-8 has any additives in though. Obviously after taking the opportunity to empty the heads, restock the catering trollies, and send your luggage to the Prince of Wales.
Cold said:
Wouldn't DHL have been cheaper? 
Cold said:
They've done well to find the spare parts in just a week.....given some of the stories surrounding spare parts or lack of, available for the F-35.Dr Jekyll said:
Why not deliver spares from the ship?
It's what 99 Sqn do. Delivery runs is why they exist. "You call, we haul!"This run included equipment and techies
The F35 hasn't been left alone since its landing. Spares and personnel have been ferried out from HMS QNLZ too. It seems the problem is more involved than simply changing a flat tyre.
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