Panavia Tornado GR1

After the cancellation of the BAC TSR2 in 1965 the RAF was left without an adequate Canberra replacement, and plans to buy the American F111 were quickly dropped after a detailed examination of the aircraft. Fortuitously the chance to collaborate on a Multi Role Combat Aircraft, (MRCA) with West Germany and Italy came at the right time and on the 17th of July 1968 the First Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the governments of the UK, West Germany and Italy. The prime contractors were to be the Brtish Aircraft Company, (BAC), Rolls Royce, Messerschmitt - Bolkow-Blohm and Aeritalia, with a tri national parent company Panavia Aircraft.

BAC, (later British Aerospace) were to manufacture the front fuselage, tail unit and engine installation, MBB the centre fuselage, and Aeritalia the wings. Furthermore British sub-contractors were to produce the air data computer, head up and head down displays, wheels, wheelbrakes, autopilot, in flight refuelling systems, fuel cells and auxilary power unit. The Rolls Royce RB199's were to be manufactured by Rolls Royce, (Bristol), MTU, and Fiat. The first prototype was flown during 1974 from Munich by Paul Millet, the companies chief test pilot. In 1980 the first tri-partite Tornado Training squadron was formed at RAF Cottesmore under the command of Group Captain M.G. Simmonds.

During the 1980's the RAF was to rely very heavily on the Tornado which replaced a wide variety of aircraft, such as the Buccaneer, Jaguar, Hunter and the Canberra, the ADV version of the Tornado replaced the Lightning and the Phantom. The Tornado is able to carry an amazingly wide variety of stores and is almost certainly the most capable low level strike aircraft in NATO. During the Gulf War in 1991 several RAF Tornado squadrons were dispatched and undertook the most dangerous job of low level runway denial. The RAF Tornado fleet has been recently upgraded and the aircraft will remain in RAF service for many years to come.

Performance

Maximum level speed: 1,460 mph at 36,000ft, (mach 2.2)
Weight: 60,000 lb's maximum take off weight
Powerplant: Two 16,800 lb thrust Turbo Union RB-199's with turbofans with reheat and thrust reversal.
Armament: 19,800 lb's of ordinance carried under the wings and fuselage and two 27mm Mauser cannon.



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		Panavia Tornado GR1 After the cancellation of the BAC TSR2 in 1965 the RAF was left without an adequate Canberra replacement, and plans to buy the American F111 were quickly dropped after a detailed examination of the aircraft. Fortuitously the chance to collaborate on a Multi Role Combat Aircraft, (MRCA) with West Germany and Italy came at the right time and on the 17th of July 1968 the First Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the governments of the UK, West Germany and Italy. The prime contractors were to be the Brtish Aircraft Company, (BAC), Rolls Royce, Messerschmitt - Bolkow-Blohm and Aeritalia, with a tri national parent company Panavia Aircraft. BAC, (later British Aerospace) were to manufacture the front fuselage, tail unit and engine installation, MBB the centre fuselage, and Aeritalia the wings. Furthermore British sub-contractors were to produce the air data computer, head up and head down displays, wheels, wheelbrakes, autopilot, in flight refuelling systems, fuel cells and auxilary power unit. The Rolls Royce RB199's were to be manufactured by Rolls Royce, (Bristol), MTU, and Fiat. The first prototype was flown during 1974 from Munich by Paul Millet, the companies chief test pilot. In 1980 the first tri-partite Tornado Training squadron was formed at RAF Cottesmore under the command of Group Captain M.G. Simmonds. During the 1980's the RAF was to rely very heavily on the Tornado which replaced a wide variety of aircraft, such as the Buccaneer, Jaguar, Hunter and the Canberra, the ADV version of the Tornado replaced the Lightning and the Phantom. The Tornado is able to carry an amazingly wide variety of stores and is almost certainly the most capable low level strike aircraft in NATO. During the Gulf War in 1991 several RAF Tornado squadrons were dispatched and undertook the most dangerous job of low level runway denial. The RAF Tornado fleet has been recently upgraded and the aircraft will remain in RAF service for many years to come. Performance Maximum level speed: 1,460 mph at 36,000ft, (mach 2.2) Weight: 60,000 lb's maximum take off weight Powerplant: Two 16,800 lb thrust Turbo Union RB-199's with turbofans with reheat and thrust reversal. Armament: 19,800 lb's of ordinance carried under the wings and fuselage and two 27mm Mauser cannon.


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