Wash your windscreen/canopy sir?

Figured this would be best appreciated here...

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http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1931/6ss0.jpg

Thread here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...hlight=typhoon

Thats absolutely mental.

It's a similiar kind of thing to the Top Gear crew filming from the back of a pick-up on the motorway as the car goes by. Just hope he remembered to switch off the radar or there would be a few warm ball sacks there!

I think I recognise the pilot so I can ask him what it was all about tomorrow at work.

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Originally Posted by Gerrard

I think I recognise the pilot so I can ask him what it was all about tomorrow at work.

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:lol: thats not something you hear ever day

That's insane.

Any idea what they were doing?

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Originally Posted by Jonny

That's insane.

Any idea what they were doing?

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Filming the Euro :D

Well, I can't be 100% sure if it's one of our jets. Looks like a 2 seater going by the shape of the canopy, and becuase it's minimally armed, there's a good chance that it is our squadron's.

Cool!

It'd be great to have some more info about it :)

I've seen the Typhoon at a couple of shows now, and that thing is awesome (full vertical climb, from here to gone in what seem like less than a couple of seconds!), I can't wait to read how it handles against the F22 over at red flag :)

the Typhoon is awesome, my parents live about 3 miles away from the BAe Systems base Warton where it was tested. Used to see a few of them flying over everyday when i lived at home, some of the things they can do is awesome :)

gotta love that picture

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Originally Posted by Stoo

Cool!

It'd be great to have some more info about it :)

I've seen the Typhoon at a couple of shows now, and that thing is awesome (full vertical climb, from here to gone in what seem like less than a couple of seconds!), I can't wait to read how it handles against the F22 over at red flag :)

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The F22 is the better aircraft mainly due to its "first strike" capability, i.e. it would see the Typhoon before it was seen (probably). However, it costs more than 3 times as much, so whether it would be better than 3 Typhoons is another matter. In a 1v1 dog fight, the Typhoon is more agile, but the F22 has vector thrusting, so it would close.

Umm, just read a bit more about the upcoming Red Flag, apparently they're only letting it fly support *with* allied forces, so we probably won't see what it can do 1 on 1 :(

Well, I asked around work and apparently these are a couple of years old. I believe they were filming for one of the videos here, but I can't seem to see the footage in any of them.