美国马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站
Photo by Lockheed Martin/Andy Wolfe | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 | BF-04
美国海军 VX-23 空中测试与评估中队 F-35B“闪电”II 系统发展与验证机(BAE公司试飞员彼得·威尔逊驾驶)在帕塔克森特河海军航空站进行首次滑跃起飞实验,以确保这种飞机可以兼容英国和意大利航空母舰。(The Pax River ITF conducts the first-ever ski jump of an F-35 Lightning II during flight 298 of aircraft BF-04 aboard NAS Patuxent River June 19, 2015. The multi-phase ski jump tests will determine the aircraft’s compatibility with ski jumps aboard British and Italian aircraft carriers. Curved at its leading edge, a ski jump ramp simultaneously launches aircraft upward and forward, allowing aircraft to take off from shorter carriers with more weight and less end-speed.)