It was a cold and rainy day and I didn't really feel like going out to take pictures. I had a few ship opportunities but I spent most of the weekend on the road. I'm gonna be on the road tomorrow, so I decided to take a break.
That is a good day to bring out one of my diecast aircraft for a few pictures.
Today it was the Panavia Tornado.
The Tornado was a join venture between British Aerospace of the UK, Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm of Germany (west Germany at the time) and Aeritalia of Italy. It was designed to be a twin-engined, multirole swing wing combat aircraft.
It was operated by the Royal Air Force, the Luftwaffe, Italian Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. It saw heavy use during Desert Storm, the Bosnian War, the Kosovo War and the Libyan War.
It had a crew of two. Had nearly 17,000 pounds of thrust and could carry almost 20,000 pounds of ordinance. It had the capability of reaching Mach 2. The plane first flew in 1974 and was introduced in service in 1979. The Royal Air Force retired their fleet in 2019. The rest still use them.
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