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eskimo2 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2004, 06:42:06 PM »

Does the HR girl know about this other interest of yours?

eskimo

midnight Target · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2004, 09:30:25 PM »

The F-18E-F is a Boeing operation, but Northrop Grumman makes the fuselage in El Segundo California. These are sent to St. Louis to be completed by Boeing.

Very cool operation, also saw the initial production parts of the F-35. Amazing stuff. Climate controlled tooling, parts and atmosphere to allow composits to mate perfectly later on in the assembly building in Palmdale.

They are tooling up to build the F-35 at 1 per day.

I was unaware that the F18-E/F was so different from the C/D. Bigger, composite instead of metal, more manueverable....etc.

gofaster · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:14:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
North American got busted for leaving tools in the cabin of the CM, Grumman had a finger wagged at them for a couple of washers in the LM, but they ended up saying it 'twasnt a thang'.

North American, on the otherhand.... BAM! They got raked over the coals.

Happens in commercial airliners, too. That's why I mentioned it.

gofaster · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:16:19 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
They are tooling up to build the F-35 at 1 per day.

I was unaware that the F18-E/F was so different from the C/D. Bigger, composite instead of metal, more manueverable....etc.

F-35, isn't that the Joint Strike Fighter? I assume that the one you saw is a X model for pre-production testing?

The F-18E is called the "SuperHornet" because its super-sized in just about everything.