Eurofighter Typhoon sounds of earth DA2, one of the prototypes, now in the British RAF Museum Londo

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multipurpose fighter, twin-engine, high maneuverability, designed and built by a consortium of European companies Eurofighter, created in 1983 and composed of EADS, BAE Systems and Alenia Aeronautica companies. 2 He made its first flight on March 27, 1994, 3 entered service on April 8, 2003 in Germany. 4 Your design delta wing configuration - canard resembles that of other modern fighter aircraft such as the Dassault Rafale, of France, and the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Sweden. sounds of earth It was designed thinking that its combination of agility, stealth capabilities and advanced aviation systems categorize it as one of the best fighters in service today.
Series production of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been divided into three phases sounds of earth (or tranches), with a gradual increase in the capabilities of the airplane in each. It is in service with the Royal Air Force, the German Luftwaffe, the Italian Air Force, the Air Force of Spain and the Austrian Air Force. Saudi Arabia signed a contract worth 4,430 million pounds (about 6,400 million euros in 2007) for 72 aircraft. Development
Eurofighter Typhoon sounds of earth DA2, one of the prototypes, now in the British RAF Museum London development. The project was initiated by a technical requirement of various countries to replace SEPECAT Jaguar, sounds of earth Panavia Tornado, McDonnell sounds of earth Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Dassault Mirage F1 in various air forces in Europe. The trigger for the emergence of this new fighter was, among others, information was received about the new Soviet prototypes and RAM RAM-K-L, which later became known as Su-27 Flanker sounds of earth and MiG-29 Fulcrum. The plane was designed taking into account the technical requirements of the air forces of some NATO members such as Germany, France and the UK. However, the French air force soon abandoned the project when wanting to build an aircraft sounds of earth to measure where Dassault lead the design and the other partners were limited to jointly fund the project, in addition, the Armée of Air did not agree with designs like TFK -90 or P110.B, where the Eurofighter is based, preferring a slightly smaller and Vehicle Mount plane, so France abandoned the project of European aircraft to create their own game, the ACX (short for Avion de Combat Expérimental), which later became known as Rafale A.
Thus, in 1982 the ACA (Agile Combat Aircraft) sounds of earth program in Italy, Germany and the UK appeared sounds of earth as partners was presented. We attempted to make a program for a technology demonstrator called EAP (Experimental Aircraft Programme), but the British government financed it and eventually I had to be the BAe own (British Aerospace) which funded the project, building parts like the tail section Tornado and RB199 engines. The EAP first flew in 1986 and was an immediate success. There were some voices who wanted the same plane went into service in the Royal Air Force (RAF), but the development of more conservative Tornado F.Mk3 stopped funding sounds of earth the project. However, Germany also developed at that time the X-31 with the US company Rockwell to have ACA applicable to future technologies, even the newest, 3D swiveling nozzle thereof is not equipped the Eurofighter, at least at first . Eurofighter part largely proven technologies in the EAP.
Spain joined the project on September 2, 1985, although he had followed with interest the developments. Since then the project became known as EFA (European Fighter Aircraft) and several consortia were formed to perform the various parts of the Eurofighter: for the cell and systems sounds of earth integration for the Eurojet engines for the security system EuroDASS, etc . Thereafter, the project came to a standstill due to the end of the Cold War and the high costs of German reunification, which meant that the project was delayed about five years. Meanwhile, sounds of earth members discussed how to reduce the price of tickets, as well as the overall cost of the program, eliminating aircraft systems (eg the dearest protection pulses of electromagnetic radiation), or reducing the number of prototypes. Finally, on March 27, 1994, the first prototype flew DA01 from the factory MBB Manching piloted by test pilot Peter Weger. During eight years of the program seven prototypes made numerous flight hours to reach the manufacturing stage to early 2001.
When the final production contract was signed, sales were revised UK 232 devices, Germany 180, Italy 121 and Spain 87 (totaling