F-35, Near Disaster, Great Save!
Read this first then watch!
Outside loop at 100' from zero airspeed!
Well...I would say there's nothing about this the pilot enjoys. If he could have ejected at 100' upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the rear afterburner malfunctions and kicks in while still vectored for vertical takeoff. Watch just as the aircraft starts to go out of frame. Lockheed would call this a "software malfunction" and do a little more "regressive testing". Good demo of power-to-weight ratio of this aircraft! And stability control. If he didn't come out of the loop wings-level, probably would have been bad news, maybe taking some of the carrier with him! This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life.
This is how a supremely well-trained US Navy pilot with ice running in his veins instead of blood, fully regains control of his $70 million fighter jet, after a problematic vertical take-off attempt.