Tornado Traditional Cache
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Part of the aircraft series across flat farmland taking approx 1
hour. Recommended parking on Delph Lane N53 38.388 W2 40.045
Tornado GR4 In 1984 the UK Ministry of Defence began
studies of a Mid-Life Update (MLU) of the aircraft to rectify
shortcomings of the GR1. This update, to Tornado GR4 standard would
improve capability in the medium level role while maintaining the
Tornado's exceptional low-level penetration capability. The GR4
upgrade was approved in 1994, after it had been revised to include
lessons learned from the GR1's performance in the 1991 Gulf War.
The upgrade of 142 GR1s to GR4 standard was finished in 2003.
Tornado F3 The Tornado ADV's differences compared to the IDS
include a greater sweep angle on the inboard fixed wing sections,
deletion of Krueger Flaps, a longer radome for the Marconi/Ferranti
AI.24 Foxhunter airborne interception radar, and a fuselage stretch
of 1.36 m to allow the carriage of four Skyflash semi-active radar
homing missiles The Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) was an
interceptor version of the Panavia Tornado that served with the
British Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft's first flight was on
27 October 1979, and it entered service in 1986 and was retired on
the 22nd March 2011. It was a long-range, twin-engine aircraft,
originally designed to intercept Soviet bombers as they came in
from the east to strike the United Kingdom. The Tornado ADV for the
Royal Saudi Air Force were produced to F3 standard. Both the RAF
and RSAF are replacing the Tornado ADV with the Eurofighter
Typhoon. The Tornado F3 was retired by the RAF on 22 March 2011.
Crew: 2 Length: 18.68 m (61 ft 3½ in) Empty weight: 14,500 kg
(31,970 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Augmented
Turbofans Performance Maximum speed: 1,480 km/h (800 knots, 920
mph) IAS (Mach 2.2 at altitude) Service ceiling: 15,240 m [15]
(50,000 ft)
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