RAF pilot is first to achieve 2,000 hours on Eurofighter

Flt. Lt. Richard Watts with the Royal Air Force’s 29(Reserve) Squadron at RAF Coningsby is the first person to clock 2,000 flight hours on the Eurofighter.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Typhoon – RIAT 2005) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Whats more remarkable is that he has managed to fly 2,000 hours on the Tornado F3 fighter as well.

He switched to the Eurofighter in 2005 and has been an instructor on the type for 11 years.