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Title: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 05, 2019, 07:19:43 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/05/raf-tornado-jets-return-home-last-operational-deployment-final/amp/

Sad to see after 40 years service the Tornado is being retired 😪.....it's older than me......just hehe
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 05, 2019, 07:29:13 PM
I have a small tear in my eye!!!

Many fond memories of watching the Tornado at air shows.   Of course, it became a crowd favourite after the Phantom era ... and not forgetting The Kings of the Skies, The Red Arrows.

Thank you for all your service and pleasure given to aircraft enthusiasts Tornado, you will be missed!!!!

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 05, 2019, 07:34:48 PM
Pulls at your ... you know what.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNcpukS47c

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 05, 2019, 07:41:10 PM
She is a beauty 😪
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: guest3164 on February 05, 2019, 07:45:30 PM
I used to seriously love the Panavia Tornado, it just about beat the Harrier Jump Jet because of the sheer speed of it and that wonderful swing wing.  I remember waiting at Leuchars train station coming back from a family visit in Scotland and hearing, before seeing a couple of Tornados fly over.  The noise was amazing.

I am fairly lucky where I live now as a fan of this sort of thing.  I regularly see Typhoons and F15-Eagles fly over due to the number of airbases in East Anglia, got some 'fairly' good photos of them.  We also get Atlas and Hercules flying over which is impressive along with the odd Chinook and one Apache!
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on February 05, 2019, 07:51:51 PM
A German squadron used to train at DMAFB here in Tucson in the winter. The complaints about noise always jumped because the Tornadoes were so much louder than the A-10s and F-16s we're used to.
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 05, 2019, 08:04:38 PM
Where I used to live was the flight path for the Trooping of the Colour so it was pretty cool to watch/hear  :D
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 05, 2019, 08:18:24 PM
F1 fans with a keen interest in aircraft .... who knew?  :good:

Thanks for the "Leuchars" mention Luke, I may drift into singing memories again, but sure Alonsofan fan will stop proceedings, before it gets painful (two notes in).  I was around 11 years old on ny first visit to the airshow in Leuchars.  I remember family & friends all sharing ice cream, as the Red Arrows blasted overhead (before the "restrictions" era).  From then, I had a fondness for the Reds, Phantoms, Tornados, Hornets, Buccaneer, Harrier, Lancaster with Spit/Hurricane by it's side and how could I leave out "The Moth" ... the one and only Vulcan Bomber ....MAN!!! That used to rip the sky up and spit it out!!!!!

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: guest3164 on February 05, 2019, 08:24:57 PM
You saw a flying Vulcan Bomber?  I am very, very jealous.  My ultimate favourite flying machine that was.  I saw it in a museum but never in the air and the restored one never came near here when it flew recently.  When I was young, in the pre-internet days, my mum spent forever trying to find a shop that sold an airfix model of a Vulcan.  We eventually got one on a holiday in the South Coast in Southampton! 
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 05, 2019, 08:26:21 PM
https://youtu.be/H_ARSE8jEHQ

Awesome
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 05, 2019, 08:29:29 PM
You saw a flying Vulcan Bomber?  I am very, very jealous.

I sure did Luke!!! ... at Leuchars too.   It was wild how on a typical Scottish cloudy day, it came into view and started to climb, only to hear a mild drone, then you heard silence, until it banked and the wind direction was in it's favour, followed by that ominous RIPPING sound in the sky, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

The final time I saw the beast, I stood under it's vast wingspan .... along with a couple of bird's nests.

EDIT:  I may have a photo some place (converted from old 35mm slide) ... will get back to you on that.

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: John S on February 05, 2019, 09:30:59 PM
I'm sad it's the end of the Tornado but I still bereft from the standing down of the English Electric Lightning, :'(
yeah I'm that old. 
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 05, 2019, 10:33:08 PM
I'm sad it's the end of the Tornado but I still bereft from the standing down of the English Electric Lightning, :'(
yeah I'm that old.

John .... that was my 1st EVER Airfix model, seriously, no kidding!!!!

.. then North American Sabre, Hurricane, Spitfire, Lancaster Bomber, Mosquito, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Buccaneer,  Phantom ... and that's just the ones I remember, all dangling in various flight angles from my bedroom ceiling.

Alas, they eventually came down, once I grew the habit of throwing darts around the room!   :o

That's living alright!!!  :DD

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 06, 2019, 06:52:28 AM
I'm sad it's the end of the Tornado but I still bereft from the standing down of the English Electric Lightning, :'(
yeah I'm that old.

That's going back John but another classic plane! Today's planes seem so computerised and seem to lack a little something.
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on February 06, 2019, 09:06:20 AM
It's true of warplanes and race cars, years ago they were designed by people a certain way because it looked right. Now they are designed by  computer to maximize their function, but they no longer look right.
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 06, 2019, 09:34:35 AM
It's a shame your right. Wish we could have pretty and functional.
I mean, I feel sorry for the drivers...up to two hours without a break, stuck in a tiny cockpit. I say strip it out, put in an arm chair and make the drink tea mixed chocolate Digestives. They would be much happier. Most men can only do 30 minutes work before needing a cuppa after all  :DD
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: John S on February 06, 2019, 02:26:00 PM
Most men can only do 30 minutes work before needing a cuppa after all  :DD

Think you're a bit out of touch Alonsofan.  :P

Most blokes I know need a cuppa before they'll start work
- me included.   :tease:  ;) :D  :DD
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 06, 2019, 05:06:42 PM
 :DD :DD :DD

You are right there John, I just didn't want to be too harsh hehe
I had some work done on my kitchen a year ago and the man was here for 2 hours. After collecting his tools, two cuppa's, a toilet break and showing me pictures of his grandchildren the work only took ten minutes  :o hehe
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Calman on February 08, 2019, 12:58:49 AM
I say strip it out, put in an arm chair and make the drink tea mixed chocolate Digestives.

That's the silliest thing I've ever heard Alonsofan!!!!!! ... I mean, I could see it working with Chocolate Hob Nobs and the driver's favourite slippers!!  :DD :DD :DD :DD :DD :DD

Best Regards,
Cal :)
Title: Re: End of an Era
Post by: Alonsofan on February 08, 2019, 06:47:59 AM
I am loving your idea about the slippers  :good: but even though a Hob Nob is a great dunk it lacks one vital ingredient.....chocolate  :stop: hehe
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