Check out the doors....... theres a total of 16 of them, click on the image below to download the video clip (575K).

Hears another clip, it shows the rear jetpipe rotating to the hover position, click on the image below to download the video clip (379K). I should be able to emulate this, a little project for next winter though...it looks complicated!.

A close up of the man......he just sits there waiting....for something to fly, he's sitting on a Martin Baker ejection seat (of course!). Does this look like you Simon?

The Lockheed site is THE site for all X-35 images. The photo below is one of many to be found there. It shows the X35-B ready to transition from conventional flight to hover, notice the rear transition doors open as well as the front fan efflux and inlet doors.