Back to Squawk list
  • 57

Ooops! First Dutch F-35A Accidentally Gets Foam Party Instead of Water Salute

送信時刻:
 
In an embarrassing gaff by the Dutch military, the first operational F-35A Lightning II for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF) got coated in firefighting foam instead of water when the aircraft arrived at Leeuwarden Air Base on Thursday. The incident wound up on Redditt.com, where a string of amusing and off-color remarks immediately followed. (theaviationist.com) さらに...

Sort type: [Top] [Newest]


pki57146
...You had one job...
augerin
.....yea?...what was that.......
peterlmaas2
Peter Maas 10
Foam??? Water??? It should have been BEER. Heineken
Decibel
Heineken counts as beer? 😜
kaundere
kaundere 0
Heineken? you mean yellow water?

[This poster has been suspended.]

f4fntm
john doe 2
That's what I thought, too. Never seen it spelled w/o the "e".

chidino1
Even funnier is, if you do a Google search for "gaff", what images come up.
sho69607
The person that did this must of been the same guy that painted both end zones with the same team for the Superbowl a couple years ago lol.
MikeMohle
Or, the "Chefs".
SmokedChops
great googly-moogly..
Falconus
Falconus 5
Isn't that foam supposed to be pretty corrosive? I.e. really bad for aircraft that aren't on fire?
dwilson100k
Highly corrosive, needed a fresh water wash down immediately after exposure.
HunterTS4
hell I wouldn't even spray water on an F-35!
kerimparrot
Looks like someone had forgotten "windshield" wipers. At the price of that superplane.
picturetaker
I think the same thing happened with a Virgin Airlines plane on its maiden flight.
alexa320
Virgin airlines? Which one? There’s no such thing as virgin airlines!
There is a Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia. And there was a Virgin America and Virgin Express.
So, again, which one??🤔🙄
cagle001
I guess the fire department thought is was a very hot plane.
mikeenderle
Geez, I know you're excited about it but simmer down...
ReverendLee
Maybe the firefighters know that the F-35 is a flaming pile of doo-doo, and they were making a statement?
tahoe967
The Netherlands has a military? Damn!
tsilver473
Foam is good in the irish coffe

ログイン

アカウントをお持ちではありませんか? 今すぐ登録(無料)!機能やフライトアラート、その他様々な設定をカスタマイズできます!
FlightAwareのフライト追跡は広告によりサポートされていることをご存知ですか?
広告表示を許可してくださることでFlightAware.comを無料で提供することができます。表示される広告は関連性の高い控えめなものを選んでいます。FlightAwareをホワイトリストに追加する方法はかんたんに設定していただくことができます。または、プレミアムアカウントのご利用をご検討ください.
閉じる