Eurofighter Typhoon

[Thorvic]

I suspect its comes from Trigger on 'Only fools and Horses' because he always called Rodney 'Dave' because he lo0oked like a Dave. One of the British service's biased forums coined the phrase for what was the JSF and set to become a dead common grey aircraft everybody used, much like the common name Dave  so they referred to the F-35 types as Dave A, Dave B and Dave C much like you would a bunch of mates and it appears to have snook into common usage 

[PR19_Kit]

..... and set to become a dead common grey aircraft everybody used....

I'm surprised they didn't apply it to the F-16 then, or would that have been a Brian?  

[eatthis]

..... and set to become a dead common grey aircraft everybody used....

I'm surprised they didn't apply it to the F-16 then, or would that have been a Brian?  

nah the 16 is more of a gaz i reckon 
c130 brian?
tornado would be a barry??

[Runway ? ...]

One of the British service's biased forums coined the phrase for what was the JSF and set to become a dead common grey aircraft everybody used, much like the common name Dave 

Yep, after much discussion pprune decided on Dave and it will be known as such until one earns an air to air kill.

[PR19_Kit]

One of the British service's biased forums coined the phrase for what was the JSF and set to become a dead common grey aircraft everybody used, much like the common name Dave 

Yep, after much discussion pprune decided on Dave and it will be known as such until one earns an air to air kill.

Huh! 

Those PPrune guys have about as much tolerance for our kind of modelling as I have for football. Me, biased? You BET I am!

[Rheged]

[Those PPrune guys have about as much tolerance for our kind of modelling as I have for football. Me, biased? You BET I am!

Proper football----the 15 a side  RUGBY football variety?    Or the 13 a side heresy?   Or even the debased form played  when 22 over paid poseurs run about a lot and occasionally throw themselves to the ground with cries of (alleged) distress and  (supposed) agony?

[PR19_Kit]

[Those PPrune guys have about as much tolerance for our kind of modelling as I have for football. Me, biased? You BET I am!

Proper football----the 15 a side  RUGBY football variety?    Or the 13 a side heresy?   Or even the debased form played  when 22 over paid poseurs run about a lot and occasionally throw themselves to the ground with cries of (alleged) distress and  (supposed) agony?

Dunno, I can't tell t'other from which.

I've only ever seen one football match in my life, and that was on TV and Germany won, and I only played one game of rugby, the 15/side version, and ended up in hospital as I head-butted one of the goalposts, so that was that as far as I was concerned.

[McColm]

It's hard to believe that the Eurofighter Typhoon is twenty years old. Now into Tranche 3 production phase for core partners Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Over 400 production aircraft and 331 in service. Export customers are Austria and Saudi Arabia.
Having entered service as a fighter aircraft and now a multirole asset in the ground attack role. Its main rival is the Dassault Rafael (Rafale) and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with the new addition of the JSF Lockheed Martin F-35.
Visible changes have been noted as attachment points above the rear fuselage to allow conformal fuel tanks to be installed.
Still no news on a maritime strike attack version.
BAE will complete the 12 aircraft for Oman for delivery in 2017.

[Captain Canada]

RCAF ?

Be nice if we'd drop the overpriced and single engine F-35 

Would look great in camo at former bases in Germany, especially with the Bear growling these days !

[McColm]

The marketing team won't sell the Typhoon to any country that has signed up for the F-35.

[McColm]

Good news Captain Canada,
The Eurofighter sales team are on there way to persuade RCAF to ditch the F-18 Hornets and replace them with Typhoons.
Even if they leased them you still have a long wait until the F-35 reaches squadron numbers.

[DarrenP]

would like to see RCAF, RNZAF and RAAF ones in the Commonwealth. Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Belgian, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian, Cezch and Slovak in Europe

[PR19_Kit]

would like to see RCAF, RNZAF and RAAF ones in the Commonwealth. Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Belgian, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian, Cezch and Slovak in Europe

So would BAe Systems' shareholders I bet. 

[rickshaw]

I wonder, has anybody ever done a Eurofighter in French colours?   

[alfavega]

http://theaviationist.com/2014/06/05/bavarian-tigers-special-colored-typhoon/