Heavy load for Typhoon IPA7

First flown on January 16, 2008 as the initial series aircraft completed to the Tranche 2 standard, IPA7 was the first German EF2000 to incorporate Block 8 software. It’s used as a test aircraft for future configurations and equipment. Dietmar Fenners EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 7 has flown for the first time at its ‘maximum-load’ take-off weight, its payload including two Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The jet, which wears German military registration 98+07 (GS029), was seen at Manching