Description

A 3 dimensional Tornado pilot’s radar training model, by Denzil Skinner & Co ltd., of Hartley Wintney, circa 1975.

The scale model of a Tornado, sits on a vertical axle which rotates 180 degrees, with rod set a 90 degrees, the coloured rods are marked with with vectors in 7 layers.

VELOCITY DRIFT – VELOCITY HEADING

VELOCITY ACROSS TRACK – VELOCITY ALONG TRACK

VELOCITY EAST – VELOCITY NORTH (fixed in postilion, does not rotate).

Y RADAR – X RADAR

Y HUD – X HUD

Y R-RETICLE – X R-RETICLE

Height: 60 cm.

Width: 46 cm.

Depth: 32 cm.

With a purpose built wooden transit case.

1/50 scale Tornado model, with moving swing wings.

The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany, and was first flown on the14th of August 1974. 

The Tornado incorporates a combined navigation/attack Doppler radar that simultaneously scans for targets and conducts fully automated terrain-following for low-level flight operations. Being able to conduct all-weather hands-off low-level flight was considered one of the core advantages of the Tornado.