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Old 11th Aug 2007, 06:14
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BEagle
 
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Spotters also used to appear at the fence at the Covert Oxonian Aerodorme on many occasions.

It took a bit of practice to work out the precise moment to call 'overshoot' for them to get the full benefit of 4 x Conways at close to max chat!

Back to the thread - an excellent analysis from Jacko!

Incidentally, my German colleagues always refer to it as the 'Eurofighter', never the 'Typhoon'. Perhaps that harks back to WW2 days? Although Lufthansa do, in fact, also operate a Typhoon. Or rather, a Me108 'Taifun'.

Good job they didn't call the Eurofighter the 'Cyclone' (Zyklon) though....the 2 seater 'B' model would have had a particularly unfortunate nomenclature.
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