Other than the engine, where does it say that the F-35 is a British design?

Sean


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Russell McMahon <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> Now I have your attention ... :-).
> While that subject line is only part of a larger truth, it is interesting=
 to
> see a design based solidly on a UK aircraft replacing the F16 (from 2013),
> A-10 Thunderbolt-II "Warthog" (from 2028), AV8-B (to which it is the 'big
> brother'). FA-18 & EA6B. are also mentioned with no other details.
>
> Who is this masked man, and how can one claim it to be British in origin?
>
> It's the Lockheed Martin (so far so good), F-35 (sounds reassuring),
> Lightning II (whoops), Stealth (OK), STOVL (Ah), in A / B / C variants. T=
he
> A variant is conventional. The B variant has a Rolls Royce fan unit spawn=
ed
> from the original VTOL Harrier and can take off vertically and, if desire=
d,
> fly backwards (aka viffing). The C variant is a Navy only and carrier
> optimised.
>
>
> http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-f-35b-lightning-ii-stovl/13373/?utm=
_source=3DGizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3D1a3791aeff-UA-2235360-4&utm_med=
ium=3Demail
>
> Brings back memories of other initially UK designs which are subsequently
> thought of as US creations, such as the Mustang fighter and Sherman tank.
> (Flame shields up).
>
> FWIW I'd have the most severe reservations about trying to replace an A10
> with anything like the A-35. I'd go so far as to suggest that the planners
> had lost the plot. Unless they have decided to use a whole new class of
> munitions that go where the aircraft doesn't (and that's entirely possibl=
e)
> then there is no way that this aircraft can survive in worst case A10
> survival situations. The A-10 is not really an aircraft at all in the nor=
mal
> sense - it's a tiitanium bathtub with two engines, two wings, and two rear
> control surfaces attached (ignoring mentioning a gun as big as a flatdeck
> railroad car). You can shoot off or otherwise remove one of everything and
> still have a fair chance of it coming home by itself. But, even if the
> aircraft becomes a standoff delivery system that stays "out of harms way"
> there are going to be niches that the A10 fills which an A-35 can't. At
> least they have 19 years to change their mind.
>
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Russell
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