United Kingdom's First Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Inaugural Flight

United Kingdom's First Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Inaugural Flight: Fort Worth TX (SPX) Apr 17, 2012


BK-1, the United Kingdom's first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production aircraft, flew its inaugural flight Friday.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti took the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet through a series of functional flight checks during a sortie that lasted 45 minutes.

The jet will complete a series of company and government checkout flights prior to it