Inside The F-35, The World's Most Futuristic Fighter Jet -- The Telegraph
An aviation fantasy from the realms of Star Wars, the F-35 is the most sophisticated, expensive and controversial jet fighter ever produced. Jonathan Glancey takes its flight simulator for a spin.
A blazing hot December morning. High blue skies. Wide open spaces. This is Fort Worth, Texas, famous for its frontier atmosphere, its stockyards, rodeos, Art Deco downtown – and the vast Lockheed Martin factory. Boasting a mile-long aircraft assembly plant, opened on April 18 1942 – the day Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle led the first Army Air Corps raid on Japan – this is where, for the next quarter of a century, the world’s most sophisticated, controversial and expensive jet fighter will roll off a surgically clean production line.
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My Comment: The writer for this "puff piece" on the F-35 is obviously not aware of .... cough cough .... certain problems with the F-35.
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