Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin

Posted on: Apr. 1st, 2006 || Source: telegraph.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

To say that the RAF's new fighter accelerates faster than a Formula 1 car is to sell it very short indeed.

For the first 700ft of take-off, the comparison seems apt, but then 40,000lb of rear thrust put the aircraft into a vertical ascent that feels like being in the Space Shuttle and we soar from Earth to 12,000ft in four seconds flat.

It might be coming into service late and have cost massively more than it was meant to, but the much maligned Eurofighter - the Typhoon -has certainly arrived.

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