Gentlemen,
I thought we had cleared up the Typhoon 'display' thing after Cosford. The RAF has expressly stated that there will be no Typhoon display this year as the priorities lie elsewhere. Instead, initially only a flypast was authorised and after much hard work and bargaining, this was expanded to the 'agile circuits' that have been shown. It is not a case of pilot ability, BAES vs RAF or anything else, simply one of policy. This 'agile circuit' thing is what you will see for the rest of the season, as I say again, there is no Typhoon display pilot (17(R) Sqn are working very hard on other things). It's sad to see quite so much complaining when certain people have worked extremely hard to get the aircraft out on public show and demonstrate a taster of it's performance. I'm sure next year will feature a full up airshow display, just like any other jet.