That pilot Billie Flynn was the chief test pilot for the Typhoon program as well Gsholz, prior to going to Lock/Martin, my friend I mentioned Maj Jason Paquin flew with him in the Hornet for many years. He's also doing his job promoting the company he works for now, he said that the Typhoon was the absolute best fighter in the world when he was on air while working for them as well. I'm not saying he's being dishonest, not at all, just that he's putting the absolute best positive spin he can. Notice the words "measurable" and such when describing the greater range and time on station over the CF18, he doesn't actually give a number, and those words were not "pilot speak", but "salesman speak", very deliberately chosen - again, I'm not blaming or criticizing, just pointing out the fact that the detractors will say the same thing about what's said in that video. Here is another perspective on what he has said regarding the F35 - again, I take no sides, just pointing out the various opinions. Be forewarned, the author will remind you of that Australian air power site, but some of his points and links are interesting, which is why I've posted it, particularly the one link to the other test pilot at the Aviationist which is here:
http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/11/typhoon-aerial-combat/#.UmKzzhZLLHghttp://bestfighter4canada.blogspot.ca/2013/10/rant-hey-billie-flynn-war-isnt-playtime.htmlMy final point is, Flynn is an expert, having also gone through Empire test pilot school, and flown many fighter types including the most advanced such as the Typhoon etc. He was also president of the society of eng. test pilots, at
www.setp.org. I'll try and find the youtube videos of the Typhoon that he's in, I think considering he's flown and tested 2 of the newest fighters available, as well as flown the Grippen, the Rafale, Superhornet, and latest block F16 (this is all listed in an article about him), regardless of the "rah rah" sales pitchy stuff, he's probably the best qualified to comment on the F35 capability.
FYI, my high school pal Jason "Fudge" Paquin will be Canada and the RCAF's test pilot and first in uniform to fly whatever we buy, which my money is still on the F35. I just sent him a PM on FB to try and get him to weigh in on this, as he's at least as qualified as Flynn to comment, and has a lot of recent combat flying time in. I'm hopeful the F35 will work out, as replacements in many airforces in the west are needed quickly. The only thing that gives me pause still in a serious way is the single engine - in the last 15 years we've had several engine failures on the CF18 way up North where without that extra engine it would be adios aircraft, and more importantly possibly adios pilot in that environment.