Today's F-35 news: a series of recent tests revealed serious problems with the jet fighter’s escape system, creating potentially hazardous circumstances, especially for lighter-weight pilots. A 'lighter-weight' pilot weighs less than 136 pounds; the pilots face “potentially fatal whiplash” if they use the ejection seat. Now, pilots must weigh more than 136 pounds. Interestingly, in 2011 the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester said he was concerned that training flights would proceed even though the ejection seat system had not been fully tested.
Will the problems with this plane ever cease?
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