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An airline pilot gets up close with the F-35
There is no doubt that the star of the recent Australian International Airshow at Avalon was the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Its arrival on the Friday had every eye, lens and mobile phone cast skyward while the queue to sit in the full-scale mock-up came to a standstill. Australian Aviation was among the fortunate few who had the opportunity to gain a further insight into Australia’s next-generation frontline fighter – flying the F-35 simulator.
Meeting the F-35
Two key traits make the F-35 a true fifth-generation fighter – stealth and fusion. Stealth is the ability to fly virtually undetected by radar, while fusion is the ability to ‘fuse’ information from the aircraft’s multiple onboard sensors to create a single integrated picture of the battlefield. In the F-35, this display is presented on the screen of the pilot’s helmet.
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