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[Varche]

Well done recovering the F35 from the depths of the Med.

Apparently a mile deep. Some operation.

[STEMO]

Well done recovering the F35 from the depths of the Med.

Apparently a mile deep. Some operation.

If we hadn't done it, I can think of someone who would.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Apparently the £100,000,000 jet crashed into the sea because someone forgot to remove a £10 plastic rain cover. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

Well done recovering the F35 from the depths of the Med.

Apparently a mile deep. Some operation.

If we hadn't done it, I can think of someone who would.

Yes, and that is the real reason why they have salvaged the plane.

I doubt there is much that can be repaired and put back into commission on this brimming with electronics state of art military weapon, but perhaps the aeronautic specialists on here can tell us more.

[redelitev6]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

[Rangie]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

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Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

[Andy B]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

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Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

and Duct tape .... 

[STEMO]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

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Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

and Duct tape .... 

Indeed, Andy. I'm held together with duct tape 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

.

Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

and Duct tape .... 

Indeed, Andy. I'm held together with duct tape 

I could do with a squirt of WD40 now and again. 

[LC0112G]

Apparently the £100,000,000 jet crashed into the sea because someone forgot to remove a £10 plastic rain cover. 

Nothing in the F-35 program is as cheap as £10. Normal remove before flight tags can be bought for £10 each, but F-35 ones will have a few extra zeros on them.

Story goes that the engine intake blanks are often removed and used as "knee pads / cushions" when ground crew crawl into the engine intakes to check the front of the engine (which happens regularly). If the ground crew then forget to remove the "knee pads / cushions"  as they crawl back out again, then this is what happens. I'm told you can't actually see very far up the intakes from outside, so if the "knee pads / cushions" get left in there, the pilot can't see them when he does his pre-flight walk around checks.

Someone will be in really hot water for leaking the video of the crash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoyICk0qJc

The remaining 5 RAF/RN F-35's flew off the carrier this morning and returned to RAF Marham.

[STEMO]

Not a lot of intelligence to be gleaned from that footage. It kind of just fell off the end of the ship 

[Varche]

I was super impressed with the cool timing of the point to eject by the pilot.

[Rangie]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

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Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

and Duct tape .... 

Indeed, Andy. I'm held together with duct tape 

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Between us we could sort it over the weekend..😁

[STEMO]

Spray some WD40 on it and it'll be fine

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Don't forget cable ties  both marvellous inventions.

and Duct tape .... 

Indeed, Andy. I'm held together with duct tape 

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Between us we could sort it over the weekend..😁

Now there's an offer I can refuse 

[Rangie]

Not a lot of intelligence to be gleaned from that footage. It kind of just fell off the end of the ship 

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Had the pilot been to a Christmas party the previous evening?