David Eagles
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Lieutenant Commander John David Eagles is a British former test pilot and former Fleet Air Arm pilot.
The first prototype ZA254 of the Tornado F.2, first flown on 27 October 1979
The first British MRCA prototype XX946
EAP ZF534 at Farnborough in 1986
British Aerospace EAP
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The British Aerospace EAP is a British technology demonstrator aircraft developed by aviation company British Aerospace as a private venture. It was designed to research technologies to be used for a
David Eagles
…Fitted with a more powerful RB199 engine and increased in length by 14 in (356 mm) the F.2 was redesignated F.3 when it entered service. He piloted the British Aerospace EAP, fore-runner of the Typhoon (ZF534) on its first flight on 8 August 1986, exceeding Mach 1. He said the EAP "is just what a fighter pilot wants. It is…
EAP at Loughborough University
Fin of disassembled EAP in transit
The nose