On behalf of all the engineers working in the European aerospace industry I'd like to thank those who are in favour of the Typhoon for their confidence in European industry and the future. For all those historians who would rather have the F16....
well there's nothing you can really say to a bunch of conservative old academics is there? No doubt in thirty years time there will be old die-hards arguing against replacing it with whatever comes next.
The Typhoon is a brilliant piece of engineering and one can but envy all the military aircrew who will enjoy the experience of flying it - and even getting paid for the privilege!