It shows a pilot inside the cockpit of a Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 from the left hand console, most probably quite close to the engines throttle.
Typhoons from 1 and 6 Squadrons based at RAF Leuchars have flown swing role missions and been involved in both air-air and air-ground profiles in single sorties.
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.
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