In an incident that thankfully did not have loss of life, a F-35B Lightning II stealth jump jet equipped with the important and delayed Technology Refresh 2 upgrade. The F-35B was flown by a Defense Contract Management Agency pilot who is thankfully medically stable as of late May 29.
Related Posts
A Cessna With Tip Tanks? A Look At The Cessna 310
- Guest authors
- July 31, 2024
- 0
Rolls-Royce Retires Iconic 45-Year-Old Boeing 747-200
- Guest authors
- August 7, 2025
- 0
While Boeing 747 aircraft in passenger service are somewhat few and far between these days, examples of the older 747-200 variant are even more so.One particularly interesting example active in recent years has been a testbed plane belonging to Rolls-Royce. The British engine manufacturer had a 45-year-old 747-200B on its books used to test turbofans on flights out of Tucson in Arizona.