Training a Typhoon pilot

In the first of a two-part feature, Jamie Hunter visits No 29 Squadron at RAF Coningsby to learn how the Royal Air Force trains new Eurofighter Typhoon pilots Although in the past the Typhoon OCU has mainly operated two-seat Typhoon ‘T-birds’, it now favours the single-seat ‘fighter’ FGR4. All photos Jamie Hunter The prize – the cockpit of the Typhoon. The layout of the Hawk T2 cockpit is almost identical to the Typhoon, designed to smooth the transition between the