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Nope - Boeing!Bullockracing said:The F-22 uses the ACES II seat, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
Back then McDonnell Douglas still existed. They disappeared in 1997. Anything you see referring to North American, Rockwell or McDonnell Douglas belongs to Boeing....Bullockracing said:FBJ, where did you find that? I called my contact at Langley, but it's possible that the link above referred to only the XF-22 and YF-22.
There was a "TCTO" issued to inspect the entire fleet for this condition - I'm sure this is the last we'll hear from it.Makes one wonder though... If things are going wrong this early its life are there any other problems with it? It hasn't been said whether this was an aircraft that had been flown or whether it was new. The bolts working themselves loose though sounds like a potential problem... I think there are questions over the building of the aircraft. Raptors are only fairly new so it shouldn't have that many flying hours on the frame should it?
All I am saying is that with something like this, I would be doing an extremely thorough check to make sure no other bugs have accidently slipped through... This is something that I haven't heard of happening with any other modern aircraft...