New Helmets 'Force RAF Top Guns To Fly Blind At 1,000mph': Technical Fault Left Pilots Unable To See Where They Were Flying The £100 Million Aircraft -- Daily Mail
Headgear was meant to give 'top guns' all-around vision and awareness
Instead pilots disorientated by radar pictures and a mass of multiple images
RAF pilots were left flying ‘blind’ at speeds of more than 1,000mph when a series of terrifying visual glitches struck their revolutionary helmets.
The new headgear was meant to give the ‘top guns’ all-around vision and awareness, but a technical fault left them unable to see where they were flying the £100 million Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs).
Instead, they were disorientated by radar pictures and a mass of multiple images beamed on to the inside of their visors from cameras mounted around the aircraft.
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Update: RAF pilots left ‘blinded’ at 1000 mph by helmet technical glitch -- Independent
My Comment: What can I say but one more setback in the F-35 program.
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