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@Blue Marlin sat in the cockpit of a typhoon and surprisingly it was ok. I'm quite tall and I thought i'd have my knees in my face.
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Lucky sh*t, i live right next to warton and i only see them and hear them! you must have sat in one at RIAT 2015 correct?@Blue Marlin sat in the cockpit of a typhoon and surprisingly it was ok. I'm quite tall and I thought i'd have my knees in my face.
Lucky sh*t, i live right next to warton and i only see them and hear them! you must have sat in one at RIAT 2015 correct?
Risk to Saudi Typhoon jet contract after prison row
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A delicate negotiation to sell UK-built fighter jets to Saudi Arabia could be at risk after the Saudi ambassador attacked Britain for cancelling a prison contract over criticism of Riyadh’s human rights record.
In a rare public intervention, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz said that “if the extensive trade links between the two countries are going to be subordinate to certain political ideologies, then this vital commercial exchange is going to be at risk”.
Last week the UK Ministry of Justice pulled out of negotiations over a £5.9m prisons training contract. The move followed a personal plea from Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn to the prime minister to scrap the deal after the Saudis sentenced a 17-year-old Shia protester to death by beheading.
The ambassador criticised Mr Corbyn’s intervention as an example of “mutual respect being breached”, adding in an article for the Daily Telegraph: “We will not be lectured to by anyone”.
The “alarming change” in the way Saudi Arabia was being discussed in Britain “should be worrying to all those who do not want to see potentially serious repercussions”, he added.
Overall UK-Saudi trade has blossomed in recent years, fuelled by rising Saudi spending through the oil boom years. The oil price slide has caused Riyadh to defer some projects but the kingdom is still borrowing and dipping into reserves to sustain the economy.
The ambassador said that more than 50,000 Britons were employed on Saudi commercial contracts “worth tens of billions of pounds”. Saudis have also invested £90bn in British businesses, he said.
Infrastructure contracts spanning transport, health and education, count among the most valuable prizes on offer to British companies. The kingdom’s more muscular regional foreign policy has also led to increased defence spending.
Saudi Arabia was Britain's biggest defence export market last year according to figures from the Campaign Against The Arms Trade, with nearly £4bn-worth of export licences issued in the past five years.
In 2007 BAE Systems signed a deal to export 72 Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia and the firm has since been negotiating a supplementary order. Time is running short — BAE said earlier this year that it would have to start cutting jobs and closing facilities next year if no new order materialised.
BAE chief executive Ian King said in February that he was confident that the company would land a new Typhoon order by the end of 2015.
Valued at several billion dollars, extensions to the so-called Al-Salam contract for Typhoon fighters would be among the biggest bilateral deals under discussion. Saudi Arabia has been using the plane in its war in Yemen, which has also required replenishments of UK-supplied ammunition.
Asked about the impact of any Saudi displeasure on the Typhoon negotiations, a BAE Systems spokesperson said: “It would be inappropriate for us to comment on any nation’s security or defence arrangements or potential future plans. Our focus is on performing well on the contracts we have. When we do that, further opportunities typically follow.”
The furore over the prisons deal divided the cabinet; under the deal British civil servants would have trained their Saudi counterparts. It was opposed by Michael Gove, justice secretary, whose predecessor, Chris Grayling, had pursued the contract.
Other cabinet members including Philip Hammond, foreign secretary, are understood to have supported the prisons deal, arguing that it would help to cement Britain’s relationship with Saudi Arabia.
The prison contract was not the only irritant in UK-Saudi relations. Prime minister David Cameron last week wrote to the Saudi government to protest about the “extremely concerning” case of Briton Karl Andree. Mr Andree was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia last year after being caught with homemade wine. Alcohol is illegal in the country.
“In the meetings that we have, whether that is at ministerial or official level, with the Saudi authorities, we continue to raise issues where we have concerns,” the prime minister’s official spokeswoman said on Monday.
Professor John Louth, director of the Defence, Industries and Society Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “When some of the big Saudi deals were signed in the Blair years, it was thought that the UK would be well-placed for when the next generation of Saudi leaders took power and brought a commitment to opening up on human rights. But it is hard to be able to say how successful that has been.”
You are doing a great job keeping this thread alive bro. Great pics of Typhoon. Our engineers did a great job on this fighter jet.
i went to china for 2 weeks bro i came back on Tuesday (yesterday). im born and bred in uk. im from up north near where they make the typhoon.This is why i hate this our liberal 'human rights' activists/advocates. They seems to be making uslose many contracts lately. I dont even know why our leaders listens to them, especially when it comes to our interests and foreign policy. This is just madness. Let the Saudis and gulf countries treat their citizen the way they want, thats theirbusinessnot ours. We should give human rights/freedom to our own people as we are doing and let others handle their issues, not our business im afraid, esecially when it concerns our allies.
What surprisesme is how our government bends to these human rights advocates alot, meanwhile other western powers like the U.S and Franch government dont give a shit, they carry on their busiiness as usual just like it should be. No wonder France is winning more deals in the region than us lately. This stupid human rights activists we have in this country area joke. Our government listening to them is even more dumb. No wonder many extremists want to immigrate here, since they know we take human rights/freedom to another level as they can do what they like and their 'rights' will be protected unlike in other countries..
You are doing a great job keeping this thread alive bro. Great pics of Typhoon. Our engineers did a great job on this fighter jet.
Not being nosy but your flags keep changing. You are a Chinese living in U.K bro or you born here? Maybe we could one day meet up for a drink.
i went to china for 2 weeks bro i came back on Tuesday (yesterday). im born and bred in uk. im from up north near where they make the typhoon.
in mid November im going to india. so my flag will change again.
which part of the uk you from?
Eurofighter Typhoon amateur photo competition winners announced
Eurofighter's annual amateur photo-competition for aviation enthusiasts, was spoilt for choice this year as images poured in from around the world.
Now that the Eurofighter Typhoon is operational with six customers and 446 aircraft delivered, opportunities to photograph the iconic swing-role fighter are many and varied. From Air Shows to air strips, on exercise and on deployment, the Eurofighter is always active somewhere – either displaying to the crowds or scrambling while on Quick Reaction Alert.
However, it was this golden image of a Eurofighter Typhoon in repose (above) which captured the imagination of this year’s judging panel – and which wins keen amateur photographer, Michael Nussbaum, the opportunity to showcase his talent to a global audience in the 2016 Eurofighter Calendar.
Michael’s photograph convinced the judging panel with its highly defined tail-on view of the Eurofighter Typhoon taken in the ebbing light of a beautiful sunset. Technically strong, and artistically brilliant, it is his photo that will now grace the front cover of the Calendar – a photo which can be downloaded from the Eurofighter website.
In a tight decision the jury picked as second place winner Colin Mcleod, whose fantastic shot captures a ‘Battle of Britain’ painted Typhoon (above) during a powerful take off emphasising the poise and performance of the perfectly balanced fighter.
For the first time the competition featured the “Best Digital Enhanced” category. The creativity, skill and attention to detail in this category stunned the judges – but it was Brett Critchley who stole the day with this fabulous image of a Eurofighter Typhoon bursting through the valleys of the Mach Loop in Wales chased by a powerful bolt of lightning (above).
As it does every year, Eurofighter gives a prize to the best young photographer. This year, it was Jaden Shillingford who impressed the jury with his cleverly captured image of a high climbing Typhoon using full power and reheat (above).
Chief judge and professional aviation photographer Geoffrey Lee said: “As a judge, we find that every year selecting the best Eurofighter Typhoon images is getting more difficult to choose the winner as the standard, quality and diversity of the entries is so high. This year we have found three first class images. The winners can be proud of their success.”
i'm from east Lancashire. its always cold and wet. it's alright once you get use to it. it's cheap up here. in london cup of coffee, £5.00, here £1.00. houses are dirt cheap too. i love it up here. what do you work as? im into cyber security, and software engineering.I'm from South Eastern part of London. In Belvedere, Dartford. But at the moment i work in Poole, Bournemouth. Very nice place with nice beaches. But i have to drive back to London everyday after work. But overall its anice place. Im even thinking of moving there with familly. Not sure yet though. Which part are you from?