Rick Peacock-Edwards was educated in South Africa from where he joined the RAF in 1965. He spent over thirty years in the RAF and retired as an air commodore in 1999. RAF appointments included station commander RAF Leeming, deputy commander RAF Staff Washington, Inspector of Flight Safety and director of Eurofighter. His flying career was spent mainly on fighters and he has over 1,000 hours on each of the Lightning, Phantom and Tornado. He also has over 1,000 hours on the Gnat and has flown many other types including the Hawk and Hunter. He introduced the Tornado F2/3 into RAF service and commanded the first squadron. He led the flypast for the Queen’s 60th Birthday and also the opening of the 1986 Commonwealth Games. Whilst he has had an involvement in display flying on a number of aircraft he will be best remembered as the Tornado element in the unique Tornado F3/Spitfire display combo in the mid-1980s.
