Tuesday, December 12, 2006

F-35 ground taxi test

The F-35 Lightning II is undergoing final tests before first flight, including the taxi test to check nosewheel steering. The Lockheed Martin site contains a 4.78 MB High-Resolution jpg image you can download.

"The first Lightning II is powered by the Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan, the most powerful engine ever installed in a fighter aircraft."


"The stealthy F-35 is a supersonic, multi-role, 5TH Generation fighter designed to replace a wide range of existing aircraft, including AV-8B Harriers, A-10s, F-16s, F/A-18 Hornets and United Kingdom Harrier GR.7s and Sea Harriers."

Sunday, December 03, 2006

HondaJet wallpaper and screensaver

Over at the Honda global ad Sky Site, which features the HondaJet, you can download an all-new "Sky" screen saver. There is also a very nice selection of 29 beautiful wallpaper images of the jet in 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions. Click "Gallery" from the opening page.

At the site you can also learn about how the HondaJet was developed, watch the ad, view specifications, and find a lot of other information.