RAF's new Typhoon display pilot Turbo ready to push jet to the max

In a "pinch me" moment reveal, Forces News has been given exclusive access to meet the 2024 Typhoon Display Pilot.
Flight Lieutenant David Turnbull, known as 'Turbo', will be launching the display season with new manoeuvres as they gear up for another busy year of airshows.
He said: "It's such an honour and a privilege to fly the display this year.”
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[@clivem24]

Awesome respect for this Pilot, he does not look old enough to buy a drink in a pub let alone fly one of these magnificent aircraft!

[@gazza2933]

You're probably getting old. 😁

[@beesknees61]

Watched Turbo do his 'stuff' at Coningsby on Tuesday.(via Ted Coningsby live stream)..absolutely amazing display!

[@garrymathers9]

I watched that stream it was a brilliant display by turbo

[@genjutsu3053]

😊😊😊a31a11a2a2😊w101qqqqqqqqqqq❤w³2a

[@GOTOHOBBIES]

Well done , I am looking forward to photographing you at RAF Coningsby doing your flying, like many others will be too , Thank you Turbo.

[@taps798]

😅😅 2:05 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@thatsbigdave]

Was at Coningsby last Wednesday was rather active cause if the night flying got some amazing shots

[@carlmaster9690]

The Typhoon is a gorgeous aircraft and will always be a personal favourite planes! So proud of this guy!

[@garrymathers9]

Congratulations And Good Luck For The 2024 Typhoon Display Season Turbo

[@BrokenhornKT]

Sweet Job!!! Now that Would be Fun!!!. He must be the most Technical pilot in the RAF. Bravo!

[@richardcato379]

Congratulations Sir,looking forward to seeing your display, stay safe.

[@clutchtucker]

I'm an American and I wish our country had the Eurofighter! Would kill to fly it for a career

[@mickboakes7023]

Good luck David. Looking forward to seeing you.🇬🇧

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Good luck for the season, and stay safe

[@margobaxter8344]

Very best wishes Turbo, sir. Go get 'em & show them exactly, what the Typh can do. Cheers, M.

[@philipjee4389]

Well done ! Much respect

[@kevrenshaw6177]

So good to see a ringer get to the top.. Gives such a boost to RIngers all over the world.. No red flags with this chap. Plane looks pretty good as well.

[@bachirsaghir9162]

Congratulations

[@alanmcmillan6969]

Good luck to fly this to the max!!

[@carlybateman613]

So proud of you David!! 😍😍

[@Sony-Fanboy]

Going to see you this summer in Fairford during RIAT, mate. Looking forward to it!

[@B-A-L]

Turbo and Moggy are going to make a great combination! That new WW2 Typhoon camouflage scheme with the D-Day invasion stripes looks awesome!

[@markbryant8321]

Brilliant pilot we'll done David turbo 🚀

[@eddieboy4667]

Go Turbo !

[@JohnTaylor-bb5xg]

Congrats!

[@justingaskins3440]

I'm excited to see vids. The viper Belgium solo f16 pilot is prolly the best I've seen taking the jet to it limits , can only imagine what the euro can do!

[@Defenseaffairs814]

Good video 😮😮

[@robertcurmi463]

...Best of luck 'Turbo'...May I suggest the legendary 'Imellman' manoeuvre on takeoff?..given as you said that you are working on new manoeuvres?

[@jeromepaul2075]

You are the best

[@mitseraffej5812]

Young man’s game for sure.

[@mpsymonds1]

Turbo is right, I wanted that gig. Dam !

[@robertwhite361]

Good luck Turbo. Look forward to seeing you this season. I believe "Black Jack" was due to retire? Hopefully they will give your plane a good paint scheme ... anything but grey😉

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

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[@MrSimonw58]

Wow crowds with the size and proximity of the fireball

[@cjjk9142]

Really should consider is paint job, they are starting to looked rough. Darker grey or the og RAF cammo

[@thatsbigdave]

Think we should get the Battle Of Britain colours back on the phoon for displays. Look forward to seeing you this year. Bring the noise!!!!

[@ianbeck6270]

Brilliant.. typhoon pilots

[@peterwildey5865]

What a job 😊😊the skies are the limit

[@ladysky838]

turbo what sort of gs are u pulling during the displays at coningsby

[@mak1emak1e]

How about a new spray job on your whip ?? Any news ?? Can’t copy brightys surely ❤️ good luck turbo we will be watching

[@davidireland9074]

So if this chap flies round london, can i assume this jet is ulez compliant?

[@qamarhassan936]

Why is there a smoke trail behind the craft?

[@braddbradd5671]

nice shirt

[@user-yi6cu3bd9m]

Does his mum know he is out?

[@tombridge3608]

That's a sign that you're getting old :)

[@0644-ss7oy]

“With the years I have slowed down”!!!😳😳😳…, he looks 12

[@964Crazy]

Who knew! Ginger's can do stuff

[@JohnPreston888]

Not sure if you realise that "ginger" in an anagram of another casually - or explicitly - offensive "them" word. (And there is no need for an apostrophe. It is a plural.)

[@CedrickJones-ci3ri]

Deepest condolences for your loss 😢Typhoon Display Team. Sgt US Air Force’s 919th Special Operations Group Air Commandoes 🫡🇺🇸Defensor fortis Semper Supra God & Country

[@autodigitvlogs]

No one can touch Russia acrobatics. "Flat spin, pugachev cobra, stall spin etc" lol. Better hope Tempest will have 3D thrust vectoring.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

They are pretty good with pyrotechnics too during the display

[@paulmca8514]

Last decent RAF Typhoon Display I saw was RIAT 2012, since back then at almost all UK airshows, all the fast jets are so far away you need a 500-600mm lens to even half fill the frame for photos. Seaside shows are even worse, the CAA are pushing aircraft so far out from the crowd, it makes the entire endevour a complete waste of time. This all goes back to the massive over reaction by the CAA to what happened at Shoreham. yes it was an horrific accident, but it was nothing to do with the display line. Andy Hill, the pilot got it all horribly wrong, also I believe that the road should not have been open during the airshow, and the organisers had not done their jobs.

[@josephlezano7691]

👍🙌👏👏

[@rodrigobg4080]

I am pleased that Russia has denounced the Treaty on fishing in the Barents Sea to the enemies. For 68 years, the British plundered this part of the sea, catching about 560 tons of fish a year. This is over, enemies cannot be allowed to hunt in our seas!!!

[@happygolucky8245]

It’s not an air show without the harrier simple public will tell you

[@TommyBahama84]

Turbo? 🫣

[@dannycarter3647]

Is he 4ft nothing?

[@PhantomMark]

Shorter Pilots make better fighter pilots, fact, height helps them sustain higher G's :)

[@johnchristmas7522]

Great pilot but his aircraft needs upgrading-over 20 years old now.

[@PrometheusZandski]

The Eurofighter is possibly the best fighter aircraft on the planet. There are a lot of arguments for the F-22, but the subsonic maneuvering of the Eurofighter makes it an excellent short range fighter.

[@phucknuts.7065]

Isn’t he “too white” to be on display for the RAF, or does he tick a box because he’s ginger?

[@meme4one]

I am sure if there was someone half qualified and a shade darker or female then they'd have chosen them instead.

[@stephenbaber8266]

😂 exactly what I was thinking

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

If you want to have even a small taste of what negative g' s feel like look out to Belgium. Way too newbie!.

[@RaySqw785]

🤣🤣 mecanical antenna aren't used into any modern fighter's airforce for 15 years around the world, nice try lol

[@boejiden5933]

Hope it’s worth seeing, last years display was so boring, the french in their rafale put us deep into shame.

[@user-xs7wx1is7t]

Hes actually white 😮

[@Steamerbeen]

They let Gingers fly?

[@davidireland9074]

Your thinking of the wee smell?

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Ha ha ha ha ha

[@jonathanwheeler4767]

Good luck Red have a good crack (sorry its betterthan turbo)

[@paulkeogh3518]

What boxes does he tick? I think there’s been a mistake they asked for Transgender but got Transginger.

[@mikewinston8709]

The RAF….one aircraft only…..flown by Eddie Izzard limp wrists….

[@dennycraig8483]

Delta wing planes are supposed cheaper and easier to build than retractable wings planes. Already looks outdated, up against its counterparts, I don’t think it will do well. But most importantly our pilots have no battle experience. Flying exhibitions isn’t fighting experience..

[@anglonig1]

Retractable wings planes, what are you on about. The typhoon can hold its own against anything.

[@jonreid7957]

@@anglonig1ignore him mate. Clearly clueless

[@LIKWID]

The retractable wing aircraft were better because their wings could retract? You what now? The Typhoon has evolved over many years into an exceptional multi role platform. With the AESA radar upgrades coming it'll be a match for anything else in the skies. In BVR matched with the Meteor, it's certainly not a platform to go up against. In a pure dogfight it's thrust to weight ratio and performance matches that of most fighters in the sky, even holding its own against the F22 at red flag. But I forgot, it's wings don't retract, silly me, that makes it bad. Ah well then.

[@-ANGLO-SAXON-1]

Tyhoon is the best fighter in the world and the only aircraft in the world to consistently manoeuvre at 7G 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@fish9893]

Typhoons great n all, but bit samey now kinda boring, test some thrust vectors on a couple lol

[@nayzhoss8744]

Make me laugh.

[@MrPatch25]

In what way ?

[@wildskel6350]

Turb0 is ginger.

[@JohnPreston888]

No. Really? You are taking time off from being a world-leading detective?