wheeler stated "the f-35 is only 25 per cent through its flight test program ... [it] won't be finished until 2019. anybody, including my country, who buys this airplane before then, is a fool because you don't know what you're getting in terms of performance. in 1957 he also ran three races, all within the carolinas, and finishing inside the top twenty for all of them but not recording a top ten. 11th company:december 5, 1917 (organized as home defense unit). we were shaking from cold—not from nerves—and it was raining, so we just thought, 'let's do it and get it done with'. 