Manufacturing at Mach 2+Making of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet

摘要

In this first installment of our new Made in America series, CTE columnist Mike Principato gets up close and personal with the F-22 Raptor, the world's most advanced fighter jet ... and, after a turn in a cockpit demonstrator, learns he'd better keep his day job. It's not every day you get an insider's look at the making of the ultimate aircraft. So when the nice people who make the baddest fighter jet on the planet offered me a behind-the-scenes tour of their operation-not to mention a ride in a dollar 1.5 million cockpit demonstrator-I accepted faster than you can say "wheels up."