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A technology demonstration aircraft, the British Aerospace EAP, first flew on 6 August 1986; a Eurofighter prototype made its maiden flight on 27 March 1994. The aircraft's name, Typhoon, was adopted in September 1998 and the first production contracts were also signed that year.
This is the timeline of the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon, a multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers, Eurofighter GmbH, formed in 1983.
The Austrian Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte) received its first Eurofighter Typhoon in 2007, with Saudi Arabia receiving its first aircraft in 2008.
Mar 27, 1994 · Test pilot Peter Weger makes his maiden flight in the Eurofighter Typhoon on 27 March 1994. The company’s chief test pilot Peter Weger made the first flight in the prototype aircraft which had Rolls Royce Spey engines, rather than the EJ200 engines which were adopted later in the development.
Jul 30, 2023 · The inception of the aircraft began in earnest in the early 1980s when the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain formed the Future European Fighter Aircraft program to create a modern fighter jet with short take-off and landing (STOL) and beyond visual range capabilities.
The UK, Germany, Italy and Spain formed the Eurofighter company and worked together to develop the many advanced features of this state-of-the-art machine. The Typhoon is a key part of the current Royal Air Force’s equipment.
Jan 12, 2024 · The first flight of the prototype Eurofighter Typhoon (ef2000) took place on March 27, 1994, when Messerchmitt-Bülkow-Blohm (MBB) chief test pilot Peter Weger took the prototype on a test flight around Bavaria.
