Image Gallery: September 2005
Most electronically sophisticated aircraft ever made powered on
8 September 2005
The
F-35 "power-on" milestone was accomplished on
schedule, and the aircraft, visible in its assembly
station behind Perez, is on track for first
flight in 2006.
Read release: 'Power
on' for first JSF aircraft
| 25_27404 Lockheed Martin aircraft assembler Paul Perez activates a computer touch-screen that starts the flow of 28-volt electrical power into the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on 07 September 2005, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Date taken: Unknown) Low-res | High-res |
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