Whalley pilot part of a select fighter trio
An East Lancs pilot has become only the third Briton to fly the world’s most expensive fighter jet.
BAE Systems pilot Peter Wilson, from Whalley, took the controls of the multi-billion-dollar F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, in Maryland.
Mr Wilson was based at BAE’s Warton centre.
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