- CEVA team builds full-scale replica jet as backdrop for London film premiere
- Months of planning by experienced CEVA Showfreight team for blockbuster movie premiere
- Seven-hour window to assemble replica Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at central London location
A full-scale Typhoon replica jet was built by CEVA Logistics Showfreight team last week for the film premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in London’s Leicester Square.
Following months of planning and preparation, the CEVA crew had a seven-hour window to build the replica jet ahead of the premiere event and the arrival of the film’s stars, royalty and invited guests. The Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft served as the dramatic backdrop of the film premiere.
The CEVA team had seven hours to unload and install the scale model for their client, BAE Systems, who produces the real-world aircraft.
Following the departure of the stars and royals, the CEVA team were back in action to dismantle the Typhoon replica fighter jet display. By 6:00 a.m. the next morning, the replica aircraft and all its associated equipment were dismantled, and Leicester Square was vacated.
“This was a textbook exercise by our experienced team, who completed another high-profile and technically challenging project for BAE Systems. Our long-term relationships with our customers allow us to understand and overcome their logistics challenges—even if that means executing the setup in seven hours in the middle of London,” Sharon Robinson, managing director for Showfreight, CEVA Logistics, said in a statement.
The Typhoon model will next be on display at the Farnborough International Air Show in July. One of the Tempest models was on display at the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia in March and can be seen at the RAF Cosford Air Show in June.
For more than 20 years, CEVA Logistics has built, refurbished and transported several scale replicas for BAE Systems, including the Typhoon fighter jet present at the film premiere last week. CEVA also manages two replica Tempest concept aircraft, as well as other replicas, cockpit demonstrators and flights simulators.
