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ajuc on Sept 26, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: F-35A has flown from a highway for the first time

F35A (the one from the article, and the one almost everybody is buing) isn't VTOL. F35B will likely melt the asphalt if it tried to take-off vertically from a regular highway.

rambambram on Sept 26, 2023 [–]

I believe they had to cover the tarmac with some kind of protective mats in order to do this.

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