Not quite a Harrier!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7_PPE-8nk

The Lockheed Martin F35 Lightning

Cool tho’ – I want one.

A nice new US jet – soon to be seen shooting British troops in a war zone near you!!

This is a better link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjrPvSBGXE&feature=related

A proper lightening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzG9lizkSc

But can it ‘Ziff’, tactic they use on the Harrier by pushing
the nozzles into reverse.

THIS is a proper lightning….

That’s VIFF – Vectoring In Forward Flight
Invented when a US Marine pilot thought ‘what happens if I pull this lever while I’m flying’

zokes – Member
THIS is a proper lightning….

Nooooooo, it’s not got any of those spinney round things on the front!

Nope, but it hardly has any wings either. Mach 2, vertically. That’s where it (was) at!

A real proper lightning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sDdVkGVDs&feature=related

it looks like it’s having a rectal prolapse when it’s preparing for take off!!!