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Boeing JSF X-32B Completes First Vertical Landings
Boeing JSF X-32B Completes First Vertical Landings 
Boeing JSF X-32B Continues Successful Flight Testing
Boeing JSF X-32B Continues Successful Flight Testing 
Boeing JSF X-32B Continues Successful Flight Testing
Boeing JSF X-32B Continues Successful Flight Testing 
Boeing JSF X-32B Completes First Vertical Landings
Boeing JSF X-32B Completes First Vertical Landings 
X-32B Completes Government Flight-Test Requirements
X-32B Completes Government Flight-Test Requirements 
Boeing Completes JSF X-32B Maximum-Thrust STOVL Engine Runs
Boeing Completes JSF X-32B Maximum-Thrust STOVL Engine Runs 
Boeing Completes Final JSF X-32B Flight-Certification Tests
Boeing Completes Final JSF X-32B Flight-Certification Tests 
Structural Tests Validate Boeing JSF X-32A Design
Structural Tests Validate Boeing JSF X-32A Design 
X-32 Joint Strike Fighter Wind Tunnel Data
X-32 Joint Strike Fighter Wind Tunnel Data 
X-32 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Test Model
X-32 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Test Model 
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Landing Tests
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Landing Tests 
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Flight Test Landing
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Flight Test Landing 
Boeing Completes JSF X-32A Flight Test with Loaded Weapons Bay
Boeing Completes JSF X-32A Flight Test with Loaded Weapons Bay 
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter in Flight
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter in Flight
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Wave-Off Test
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Wave-Off Test 
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter in Flight
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter in Flight 
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Cycles Weapons Bay Doors in Flight
X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Cycles Weapons Bay Doors in Flight 
Boeing JSF STOVL Ground Environment Data Beats Predictions
Boeing JSF STOVL Ground Environment Data Beats Predictions 
Boeing Installs Propulsion System in STOVL X-32B JSF Demonstrator
Boeing Installs Propulsion System in STOVL X-32B JSF Demonstrator 
X-32AJoint Strike Fighter Flight Test Landing
X-32AJoint Strike Fighter Flight Test Landing 
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Boeing JSF X-32B Landings at 90 Knots Move Plane Closer to First Hover

The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator completed significant flight-test accomplishments June 19 and 20 in 2001 that paved the way for an important program milestone; hover. In four flights each day, the X-32B demonstrated rock-solid stability at various altitudes and airspeeds, and transitioned from conventional to short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) flight mode and back again numerous times. The eight flights culminated in "slow" landings, in which the pilot transitioned to the lift nozzles and STOVL mode for approach and landing down to 90 knots. 
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Boeing ID dvd-46-1 
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Size 3000px × 2431px   20MB 
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