Code One Magazine: Events, 22 December: Navy Pilot Flies X-35C — Second Quarter 2000

Events

Second Quarter 2001 Events

1.	22 December: Navy Pilot Flies X-35C	13.	Tyndall Officials View Their First F-22
2.	11 January: Lift Fan Installed In X-35B	14.	Static Test Milestone Reached
3.	31 January: X-35C Goes Supersonic	15.	Italy Selects F-16
4.	10 February: X-35C Completes Cross-Country Flight	16.	USAF Orders More F-16s
5.	23 February: X-35B Begins Hover Pit Testing	17.	AFTI/F-16 Retires
6.	1 March: X-35C Tops 100 Field Carrier Landing Tests	18.	AIM-9X And F-16 Visit Wind Tunnel
7.	11 March: X-35C Completes Its Flight Test Program	19.	New G-Suit Tested At Edwards
8.	23 March: X-35B Completes Hover Pit Testing	20.	VISTA Trains Test Pilots
9.	Raptor 4004 Takes To The Skies And Edwards	21.	F-16 Tests JASSM
10.	F-22 Completes IR Signature Testing	22.	Cannon Wins Colombian Trophy
11.	Raptor 4005 Completes First Flight	23.	Moody F-16 Units Inactivated
12.	Initial Engine Endurance Testing Completed	24.	T-50 Manufacturing Milestone

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22 December: Navy Pilot Flies X-35C
	The US Navy got its first hands-on evaluation of the JSF X-35C carrier variant, as Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Brian Goszkowicz logged his first flight in the supersonic demonstrator. Goszkowicz took off from Edwards AFB and flew a series of maneuvers in preparation for demonstrating the aircraft’s ability to operate from a carrier. The maneuvers included an approach and a practice wave-off, a straight-in approach to a touch-and-go landing, and a full-stop landing. It was the aircraft’s fourth flight since first taking to the skies last December. During the flight, Goszkowicz reached an altitude of 10,000 feet and a speed of 250 knots, describing the X-35C’s flight path as “smooth and predictable.”

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