AEROPLANE MEETS…RICK PEACOCK-EDWARDS

Having followed in his RAF pilot father’s footsteps, the current president of the Historic Aircraft Association had a splendid career flying the service’s Cold War jet fighters, from Lightning to Tornado During his time in the Royal Air Force, Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards CBE AFC often found himself at the leading edge of the service’s fighter capabilities. He flew the English Electric Lightning in the 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas Phantom in the 1970s, and the Panavia Tornado in the 1980s,