{"id":47974,"date":"2022-07-11T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47974"},"modified":"2024-11-09T06:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T05:17:21","slug":"ted-coningsby-the-teddy-bear-who-managed-to-fly-in-a-eurofighter-and-with-the-red-arrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/11\/ted-coningsby-the-teddy-bear-who-managed-to-fly-in-a-eurofighter-and-with-the-red-arrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Coningsby: the teddy bear who managed to fly in a Eurofighter and with the Red Arrows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paddington is the most famous bear in the UK, but there is a bear that has managed to get higher and faster than him, flying in RAF planes.<\/p>\n

The unforgettable flight in an old 1944 P-51 Mustang fighter seen from its cockpit<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This little bear is called Ted Coningsby, and he himself tells his story on his website<\/a>: \"Hi! I am Squadron Leader Ted Coningsby. I am a little teddy bear that had a dream which seemed way beyond any possibility.<\/strong> Seeing the Eurofighter Typhoon\u2019s fly at RAF CONINGSBY, all I could do was dream and wonder if my impossible wish would ever come true. I make fun YouTube videos around RAF bases<\/strong>, especially at my \u2018home\u2019, RAF CONINGSBY.\"<\/em> Indeed, Ted has his own YouTube channel<\/a>, in which he publishes videos where we see him filming all kinds of planes at that British Royal Air Force base.<\/p>\n

Until then, things would be normal. My bear Bilbo has even managed to get on an F-104<\/a>. But the story of Ted Coningsby went further. To be a pilot, he had to pass flight training, in this case under the guidance of Lieutenant James Sainty, pilot of the RAF Blackjack<\/strong>, a Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 exhibition fighter, who explained to him what the controls of the plane are for (Ted seemed to be very attentive to his explanations):<\/p>\n