Manc AvGeek · @mancavgeek
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Tails Tuesday 4th July 2023.
A line up of jet fighters, mostly Royal Air Force Tornadoes, with a French Air Force Mirage and a pair of Swedish Air Force Viggens at the back, lined up at Fairford Air Show, 22nd July 1995.

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Panavia Tornado F.3 The Tornado GR.1 was originally produced by the European multi-national Panavia concern as a 'strike' aircraft. However, the Royal Air Force also needed an air defence fighter, capable of defending U.K. airspace. Redesign, including a lengthened fuselage, new radar, air-to-air missiles, and engines re-worked for higher altitude operations, gave rise to the Tornado F.2. Sadly, the new radar wasn't ready in time for this aircraft, which meant that early examples flew with a concrete block in the nose to restore balance! The final version, the F.3 (as shown here at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum - NELSAM - in Sunderland) proved itself a capable long-range interceptor.

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