AWESOME!!

[lswot]

check this out: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XIsIzjVi7 ... re=related
More: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fZi1528jH ... re=related

There are lots of video's to see......very interesting.

[Xjmt]

They've been working on this vertical take-off jet idea for generations now. The US even has/had one in service. Only minor problem is they keep crashing.

[Henry J]

Ahnold used one in "True Lies".

Henry

[brian]

Arnold used a Harrier, which is a British creation, I believe. The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was an international competition between the big defense contractors to develop the "fighter of tomorrow". It was supposed to replace all the various other aging F- series fighters in our arsenal. What the competition bore out was that the JSF's created, though nifty, cost WAY more than intended, and that to be that nifty you cannot be lightweight, which was a design goal. The competition wasn't entirely successful, but lessons learned in the JSF effort will surely be used in new fighter designs. The Lockheed F-35 is a direct descendant of the JSF competition.

[lswot]

Yeah....what he said.

[Xjmt]

Yeah....what he said.

I think he said the new ones don't work either.

[brian]

Sort of, lol.

[lswot]

Yeah....what he said.

I think he said the new ones don't work either.

Well, yeah....

[lswot]

Sort of, lol.

Yeah......sort of....
Still pretty