ROYAL AIR FORCE

ROYAL AIR FORCE test pilot Squadron Leader Simon Dyde on Nov. 9 became the first RAF pilot to fly the Eurofighter 2000. Dyde was at the controls for the 57th flight of British Aerospace's DA2 aircraft, BAe said. The mission from BAe's Warton facility lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. Dyde, according to...

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