It's not every day you get the heir to the throne sitting in one of the world's most sophisticated flying machines.
But then, it's not every day that Fylde-based engineers get to rub shoulders with royalty.
Prince Charles gave the thumbs-up to the Fylde-built Eurofighter Typhoon after flying into the BAE Systems Warton site yesterday for a whistle-stop tour of the final assembly point.
The Prince – a former Hawk pilot himself – spent more than an hour with the 190 workers at the high security hangar, enjoying a cuppa and talking through the rigorous tests the £45m aircraft has to go through until it leaves for active service.

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