Charlie Matthews 1000hr Typhoon driver

[corsair67]

Saw an article on the Royal Air Force website yesterday, and as Charlie is a former RNZAF ACW pilot, I thought it would be of interest to a number of ex/current RNZAF personnel:

"Squadron Leader Charlie Matthews of No 1 (Fighter) Squadron, based at RAF Leuchars in Fife, recently reached a significant milestone in his flying career becoming one of the few pilots in the world to complete one thousand hours operating the Typhoon, the RAF’s state-of-the-art, multi-role combat aircraft."

You can read more at -

www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/1f-squadron-pilot-flies-past-typhoon-milestone-03102013

[Dave Homewood]

Awesome, that is quite an achievement in such a short few years they have been in service, surely?

[haughtney1]

Great achievement, even more so when you consider how much time and effort goes into generating, planning, running, and operating each sortie, well done Charlie.