The larger volume air receiver for the 1938 MAN engine. Out with the “small” in with the “BIGGAR” The receiver passed it's visual and hydraulic test with flying colours. Part of the inspection was an ultrasonic test to determine the thickness of the vessel. The ends measured at 20 mm and the rolled welded body at 18 mm! Today after Ken had removed the original smaller air receiver, part painting the larger one and up ending it to drain off the remaining water left over from the hydraulic test. P

When you decide to eject because the computer just went haywire. Texas Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth where F-35B Joint Strike Fighter pilot ejects The pilot who reportedly ejected safely was a U.S. government employee, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said during a Thursday press conference. The plane had not yet been transferred to the U.S. government, Ryder said. Lockheed manufactures the F-35B for the Marine Corps. The F-35B is the short takeoff and vertical