Inside The Cockpit - Panavia Tornado

The Tornado - a RAF, Luftwaffe and AM legend! Let's jump on board and explore this aircraft in detail!
- Museum -
Visit the museum: mhm-gatow.de
- Get our Book -
Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - www.hdv470-7.com/
- Support -
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- Sources -
Andy Evans, The Panavia Tornado
AER.1F-PA200-1 Panavia 200 Tornado IDS, 2007
RAF Historical Society, Birth of Tornado, 2002
Panavia PAN200FM100, Flight Manual, April 1976
Tornado-data(dot)com
Tornadosig(dot)com
- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - History
12:07 - Design
15:06 - Go visit museums, ya'll!
15:43 - Supporter thank you
15:59 - Cockpit (front)
23:58 - Cockpit (rear)
28:43 - Final thoughts
- Audio -
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

Пікірлер: 558

  • @MilitaryAviationHistory
    @MilitaryAviationHistory3 жыл бұрын

    *The MHM Museum is set to re-open next week!* If you are in the area and it is safe for you to go, check it out: mhm-gatow.de/

  • @thebigone6071

    @thebigone6071

    3 жыл бұрын

    You da best ever Chris!!!!

  • @draganjagodic4056

    @draganjagodic4056

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wie immer, sehr aufschlußreich und interessant. Herzlichen Dank!

  • @mikepette4422

    @mikepette4422

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you are ever out of topics maybe a look at aircraft cannons especially modern ones. their history their current use ect. just inspired to ask this because you mentioned the BK 27 mm Mauser cannons.

  • @zeinaugustus1243

    @zeinaugustus1243

    3 жыл бұрын

    can u do inside the cockpit of f 14 tomcat. it is of the legendary jets in us an iranian airforce

  • @maikbanner7552

    @maikbanner7552

    3 жыл бұрын

    What is an F-14 Tomcat without the Tennis Court? Easy Peasy. A Tornado.

  • @stevedrake1861
    @stevedrake18613 жыл бұрын

    The Tornados and their crews really took a beating in the Gulf war. They were tasked with the job of cratering the Iraqi runways. This is low altitude work and exposed them to heavy AA fire. A number of planes and their crews were lost. They were a courageous group of guys.

  • @wiesenbefeuchter

    @wiesenbefeuchter

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but some kissed the ground

  • @TheOnlyVistosi

    @TheOnlyVistosi

    2 жыл бұрын

    yet another demonstration that theory is different from practice: the MW-1 was a good idea. In theory, in fact.

  • @harrisn3693

    @harrisn3693

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only if yankees were as brave as brits

  • @tumslucks9781

    @tumslucks9781

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't they have used cruise missiles? A plane on the ground can be parked anywhere but runways are always static.

  • @harrisn3693

    @harrisn3693

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tumslucks9781 cuz cruise missiles are better for larger fortified locations, aircraft on ground are for the most part not worthwhile the waste of a missile as they aren’t active when they are on the tarmac in terms of immediate threat.

  • @tommasorusticali7609
    @tommasorusticali76093 жыл бұрын

    Bismarck: make an inside the cockpit video of the Tornado Literally every single sub: OMG ITS HAPPENING, EVERYBODY STAY CALM!!

  • @thewingedporpoise

    @thewingedporpoise

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I mean most of them I go ehh, I can watch this later, but not this one

  • @tedferkin

    @tedferkin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ever get the impression this moment was why Bismarck started this entire channel, to build up to the point where he can ask and get access into a Tornado cockpit.

  • @princeofcupspoc9073

    @princeofcupspoc9073

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please learn what literally means before posting.

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    at least the Tornado flew and had working guns unlike the F35 😅

  • @DELTA_BRAVO_82_GER

    @DELTA_BRAVO_82_GER

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ommsterlitz1805 Yeah but the Tornado isn't able to fire it's BOTH guns at the same time, because the vibrations are to intense to the airframe and avionics. But i understand you and if i had to choose between the Tornado or the F-35, i would definiteley take the Tornado. Even if you had to tape the canopy and the avionicbaydoors if you plan to park the aircraft not in a HAS or hangar, because it's not soooo waterproof. Flying low and fast is the best way of being stealthy ;o)).

  • @nekonekolen
    @nekonekolen3 жыл бұрын

    seeing all those swithces makes me wish DCS had a clicky tornado module...

  • @captainjack182

    @captainjack182

    2 жыл бұрын

    As far as I know it’s in development.

  • @Space_Maniac

    @Space_Maniac

    2 жыл бұрын

    Panavia refused the license so you can keep dreaming

  • @captainjack182

    @captainjack182

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Space_Maniac I’ve heard it a while ago in a podcast 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @flushnikov6305

    @flushnikov6305

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@captainjack182 it never was in development

  • @Lb8068

    @Lb8068

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, if you like European planes at least the Typhoon is in the works!

  • @chloratum
    @chloratum2 жыл бұрын

    In German aviation the Tornado has the nickname "Klappdrachen", which translates to something like "folding dragon", because of the wings obviously. Awesome machines.

  • @cocobot90

    @cocobot90

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol, thanks for the info! The name is probably best translated as "folding kite".

  • @chloratum

    @chloratum

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cocobot90 Indeed, thats a better translation

  • @fadfauziug8146

    @fadfauziug8146

    2 жыл бұрын

    Being a Tornado mechanic in Germany I actually never heard that haha

  • @tommyvercetti1827

    @tommyvercetti1827

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wirklich? Hab noch nie gehört das jemand den so nennt

  • @johnp8131

    @johnp8131

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fadfauziug8146 Never heard that either? I did 5 years at RAF Brüggen, mainly on Tornado "Seats" and on cross-servicing with the Luftwaffe at Rheine. Never heard it from the German lads there also.

  • @Xoferif
    @Xoferif3 жыл бұрын

    I think it's still a very cool aircraft! When I was a boy in England in the 80s I used to look out of my bedroom window and watch the Tornados zipping through the countryside at low level with their wings swept back. It was like a free airshow every day. =)

  • @tumslucks9781

    @tumslucks9781

    Жыл бұрын

    I saw my first Tornado at the 99 Southport airshow. It flew directly overhead and even without reheat the engines sounded massive!

  • @MRCAGR1

    @MRCAGR1

    Жыл бұрын

    I saw my first Tornado at MBB Ottobrun and BAe Warton. I worked at CDMT in Camberley, U.K. alongside colleagues from Elektronik Systems GMbH (FRG) and SIA (Italy).

  • @markehrlich7534

    @markehrlich7534

    6 ай бұрын

    Have never seen the Tonkas.... But have seen plenty of F-18's, F-15's and F-16's bike commuting past Miramar Air base!!... And if you're in the right spot they go right overhead for landing🛬... And only above you about 100 feet up!!! 😮

  • @DFX2KX
    @DFX2KX3 жыл бұрын

    So, a Tornado crew could use the same sort of $4 adapter I use in my old Buick to get music playing off of the WSO's phone? ***Priceless***

  • @doubleT84

    @doubleT84

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure "Danger Zone" was playing from time to time ...

  • @rhysgoodman7628

    @rhysgoodman7628

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@doubleT84 maybe “Money for Nothing”. I bet you’d feel like a legend when flying a Tornado during that intro riff!

  • @SpiritOfMontgomery

    @SpiritOfMontgomery

    28 күн бұрын

    @@rhysgoodman7628 rock the casbah at times as well I’d imagine

  • @NazarovVv
    @NazarovVv3 жыл бұрын

    There is one in the Millitary History Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria I always love seeing it when I visit. It was donated by Germany in 2011 as a present for Bulgaria for the 100 years celebration since the creation of the Bulgarian Airforce.

  • @hamcheese1010
    @hamcheese10103 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I really love that old-school analog cockpit. Such a great aircraft!

  • @TheFlyingPancakeReal

    @TheFlyingPancakeReal

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah, analog but everything very intuitive. For example just the AoA indicator: easy to access and to read

  • @saintuk70
    @saintuk702 жыл бұрын

    The Tornado, I don't think I'll ever tire of this aeroplane. I'm from Scotland, so was lucky to grow up watching training flights through our glens and then "circuits and bumps" at RAF Lossiemouth.

  • @veritasvincit2745
    @veritasvincit27453 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Enjoyed it. My uncle's friend was on 9 Sqn when they received them. He got me a bunch of manufacturers promotional stuff such as postcards, posters, pen knife etc. Still got them. I was only a child then so always had a soft spot for the Tornado.

  • @dave4728

    @dave4728

    2 жыл бұрын

    I joined 9 Sqn in '84 about a year after the first jets arrived at Honnington. Might well have known your uncle's friend 😃. This video certainly brings back memories

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    2 жыл бұрын

    well after such unsuccessful planes no wonder uk buy american and don't make their own jets anymore

  • @THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

    @THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ommsterlitz1805 : Do the world a favour mate and quit taking your face for shits in public, there's a good lad 😉

  • @mrjockt
    @mrjockt3 жыл бұрын

    Saudi Arabia also operated the ADV variant, they purchased 24 to equip two squadrons, the 29th and 34th squadrons, but ended up disbanding the 34th and consolidating all the ADV’s with the 29th, they were in service from 1988 until 2006. Just for interest, in order to prevent damage to the aircraft if the pilot inadvertently tries to move the wings back with the flaps down or lower the flaps with the wings aft of fully forward there is a mechanical interlock inside the throttle box, the exception is using flaps and slats in manoeuvre demand mode, since this is done by electrical signal moving the wings aft cancels the MD input and retracts the flaps and slats before the wings move back.

  • @kenpumphrey8384
    @kenpumphrey83842 жыл бұрын

    I was an air traffic controller at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The Germans had a couple squadrons of these and F-4's stationed there. It sure was a fun pattern to work mixing them in with US F-117's and T-38's.

  • @flyBearhawk

    @flyBearhawk

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed there for almost 20 years, flying T41s at the local aero club. So I might have talked to you on the radio. ;-)

  • @derf9465
    @derf94652 жыл бұрын

    Worked on GR4 fleet for 9 years. Loved it. Poor old thing was just overworked, moved into the desert in 1991 and just never left.

  • @mikewilliams3384

    @mikewilliams3384

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly right. The Tornado was a true workhorse which is quite unusual for a fast jet. A fantastic programme that led to a fantastic aircraft. Probably the most advanced multi role aircraft of that era. And it was a hugely successful aircraft that performed brilliantly.

  • @bill8791
    @bill87913 жыл бұрын

    They really didn't cheap out on the clock. Keeping it classic with a Sinn.

  • @ahaaaaaaaaa

    @ahaaaaaaaaa

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sinns are beautiful! I have a Sinn wrist watch myself.

  • @bill8791

    @bill8791

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ahaaaaaaaaaThey are a classic. Always wanted one.

  • @ahaaaaaaaaa

    @ahaaaaaaaaa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bill8791 Agreed!

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodf1802

    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodf1802

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bill8791 I'm very lucky to got myself a Sinn Model 103 recently. Most beautiful watch I ever had. Absolutely astonishing piece of watchmaking and machining.

  • @daszieher

    @daszieher

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@Phil Collins most car makers no longer make everything themselves. Even BMW, which defines itself through the engines, leaves the 4-cyl to joint operations with other manufacturers. Is it "bad"? The customers don't think so.

  • @WDXash
    @WDXash2 жыл бұрын

    My friend, when he was in the Luftwaffe, flew F-104’s, as an instructor and went on to fly Tornados for 10 years. I love his stories! 👍

  • @ViperGTS737
    @ViperGTS7372 жыл бұрын

    i had a ground instructor that was a Weapon system officer on the Tornado in the RAF, he was a great instructor and told us many stories about his time in the tornado

  • @utbdoug
    @utbdoug2 жыл бұрын

    10 years.. 10 years my brother was a GR.4 pilot/instructor.. Not once did he offer me a flight! lol. Loved the Tornado. Very much a historical icon!

  • @VibeXplorer
    @VibeXplorer8 ай бұрын

    The Tornado's design is a curious mix of chunky, elegant, and fearsome, making it very distinct in my eyes. Loved it as a kid in the 80's, love it now!

  • @Tallio100
    @Tallio1002 жыл бұрын

    Good memories of the Tornado, watching it landing and taking off during watch. Getting a little tour from the pilot on one while it stood in its shelter was one highlight of my military service in the Bundeswehr

  • @orangenlimonade4197

    @orangenlimonade4197

    2 жыл бұрын

    the same ^^

  • @pjoned
    @pjoned2 жыл бұрын

    Die Luft über See gehört dem MFG! I was in the MFG 2 doin my Military Service, and i was able to work on the Tornado. It was a blast. Great Plane

  • @angusmcangus7914
    @angusmcangus7914 Жыл бұрын

    An old retired RAF Tornado pilot here (1982-1989) - A very good overview of the "Rolls Royce" of strike jets. Just a couple of points: First, the chronology of the UK projects which led to Tornado was TSR 2 (which would have been a fantastic strike aircraft) then AFVG after TSR2 was cancelled, then F-111 when AFVG fell apart and finally Tornado. It's true we wanted something bigger with longer range. We wanted TSR2! Second, SAHR = Secondary ATTITUDE and Heading Reference.

  • @deaks25
    @deaks253 жыл бұрын

    My Dad was stationed at RAF Marham for nearly 5 years and i developed a love for the big Tonka, I was very sad when the RAF retired the fleet, especially as there seemed to be plenty of life left. I was very excited when this vid popped up on my feed, thanks as ever Bismarck.

  • @Dad_a_Monk
    @Dad_a_Monk2 жыл бұрын

    We had Tornadoes stationed at Holloman AFB when I was there in the late 90s early 2000s. The Germans Air Force trained many of their pilots at Holloman back then. They seem to be a pretty good jet, but DAMN ARE THEY LOUD!

  • @Xethuron

    @Xethuron

    2 жыл бұрын

    German Tornado crews were first trained separatly in different training aircrafts and then meet at Holloman AFB to be trained on Tornado. And yes, Tornados are loud af. Even on the ground with both engines idle ground crews have to wear ear plugs, a noise canceling helmet and a belt (similar to motorcycle gear, to protect kidneys). When working near the starting jets you have to wear an additional suit to protect the whole torso.

  • @unbearifiedbear1885
    @unbearifiedbear18852 жыл бұрын

    Jaguar and Tornado.. some of my favourite aircraft *ever*

  • @spacemanclips
    @spacemanclips2 жыл бұрын

    I visited RAF Laarbruch when I was younger and had a tour of the Tornados which were ready in their bunkers on 15 minute alert to drop nukes on the USSR. What surprised me most when I saw the jets close up, was that it looked like the paint had been applied with a yard brush!

  • @kaynanvulperus4633

    @kaynanvulperus4633

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pound to a pinch it pretty much was depending when, during gulf 1 the drop tanks were painted with satin dulux in field and were probably repainted a similar way

  • @brainyskeletonofdoom7824
    @brainyskeletonofdoom78243 жыл бұрын

    Two Tornadoes flew over my workplace (in Italy) just three days ago, first time I've seen military planes over there, extremely cool!

  • @Hockernant
    @Hockernant3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video Biz! My Uncle worked on Tornadoes there entire operational life in the RAF. He was still on the team during the scraping/retiring process as he was transferring to the Lightning 2 (F-35B) project. Tornadoes are an incredible machine, I was lucky enough to sit in one once.

  • @Gusramosferreira
    @Gusramosferreira3 жыл бұрын

    When I was a little boy, in a hilltop, I jumped as 2 of this Tornados passed just 5 meters above my head , in porsuit of each other, coming from below following the terrain. The scare of a lifetime.

  • @nucleargandhi101

    @nucleargandhi101

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wont the exhaust burn you?

  • @spacemanclips

    @spacemanclips

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nucleargandhi101 Probably felt like 5m but was more like 50m.

  • @dyer2cycle

    @dyer2cycle

    2 жыл бұрын

    ...If 2 Tornadoes passed just 5 meters above my head, in pursuit of each other, I imagine it would be the scare of my lifetime as well!...I probably would have sh*t my pants!...are you in Kansas, or perhaps Alabama?...and were they F0, F1, F2, F3, F4, or, God forbid, F5?.... :)

  • @Gusramosferreira

    @Gusramosferreira

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nucleargandhi101 probabably a little more, but not much.

  • @Gusramosferreira

    @Gusramosferreira

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dyer2cycle In Portugal. 2 German Tornados from the Nato/German airbase in Beja. But only F0, nothing like the hardship that those tornadoes can bring. Those would really scare me s#$*less.

  • @realQuiGon
    @realQuiGon3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! There are some small errors though: 11:50 Luftwaffe Tornados were not used for bombing over the Balkans, but for SEAD and thus only fired AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface missiles (about 300 of them!). They did not do any bombing. 13:10 The AGM-65 was never integrated into the Tornado. It had the Brimstone missile instead on the latest British Tornados.

  • @realQuiGon

    @realQuiGon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Phil Collins An air strike.

  • @realQuiGon

    @realQuiGon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Phil Collins Yes, bombings are air strikes, but not all air strikes are bombings. A pistol is a gun, but not every gun is a pistol. How can something be a bombing if no bombs are involved?

  • @realQuiGon

    @realQuiGon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Phil Collins The big difference between a rocket/missile and a bomb is the absence of propulsion in the latter. Hence you "drop" a bomb, but "shoot" a rocket/missile. A bombing in my book is a certain type of air strike, that involves dropping bombs on stuff, not shooting missiles/rockets.

  • @robbrigham5926
    @robbrigham59262 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this - I remember vividly 33 years ago, as a 17 year old Air Cadet going on camp to RAF Bruggen and spending the days with a detachment who would tow the Tornados in 7 out of the hangars - I was allowed to sit in the cockpit and help with various tasks during this and was given a run through the various systems including the ground following mapping system which just seemed like something from Science fiction at the time - which now looks so dated compared to what we all have on our phones! Was nice to see around the cockpit again and see how much I remembered...

  • @Ok-551
    @Ok-5512 жыл бұрын

    In 2005 I moved to St Louis, USA. I parked my car at a mall and heard the tremendous sound of jet engines. I looked up and saw a Tornado flying low and banking around the mall as a waypoint. It was glorious, but it took me a few minutes to figure out why it was here.

  • @TheAwesomeArtofWar

    @TheAwesomeArtofWar

    11 ай бұрын

    I hope you eventually found out. ;)

  • @operator_hoodie
    @operator_hoodie2 жыл бұрын

    I actually ordered a Tornado model a few days earlier, and I saw how accurate it was. Also, the Tornado has got to be one of my favourite planes, following the Harrier.

  • @mikepette4422
    @mikepette44223 жыл бұрын

    The Tornado has always had a place in my heart. Much like the similarly developed Jaguar, it's what a strike aircraft is supposed to be. *ugh bugs me Canada did the wrong thing as usual and dropped out. If we could have had the tornado...oh well thats why we suck

  • @evo3s75

    @evo3s75

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here, sucks that the Netherlands dropped out... We could've had such beautiful jets

  • @granddukeofmecklenburg

    @granddukeofmecklenburg

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@evo3s75 atleast you have F-16s...World rather have 16s than tornados protecting the skies

  • @cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474

    @cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those new F18 Super Hornets might not be as sexy as the Tornado, but could out fight it.

  • @UsoundsGermany

    @UsoundsGermany

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@granddukeofmecklenburg F16 and Tornado have different roles so your post makes no sense.

  • @granddukeofmecklenburg

    @granddukeofmecklenburg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@UsoundsGermany yea...and when you only have 1 option...1 is more versatile and capable for Defending the skies than the other

  • @Fox2Productions
    @Fox2Productions3 жыл бұрын

    So sad they got rid of them in the RAF, the GR4 is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made in my opinion

  • @glynharley7082
    @glynharley70822 жыл бұрын

    Very good. I was a back seat aircraft controller (nav) in the RAF GR1 in the good old days. The aircraft was a jack of all trades (good at some and awful at others) but master of none (low level, high speed, all weather was its stength).

  • @commentingpausedtoprotectus
    @commentingpausedtoprotectus Жыл бұрын

    Here in Liverpool between 1 and 3 pm a Tornado would fly along the Mersey and it was always worth seeing, one day she flew really low and it looked glorious.. such a beautiful looking aircraft.

  • @charleswade2514
    @charleswade25143 жыл бұрын

    A friend and I attended an Air Show about 4 years back. There was a German Tornado & crew there. I got a poster and coin. The crew was professional and friendly.

  • @carador9286
    @carador92863 жыл бұрын

    What a beauty! My favorite fighter aircraft, together with the F-15 Strike Eagle.

  • @wibblelord2633

    @wibblelord2633

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mine too, it was fun working on them, even better when you managed to get a jolly in them

  • @Suo_kongque

    @Suo_kongque

    2 жыл бұрын

    Eurofighter and f18 super hornet for me, followed closely by the tornado and Rafael!

  • @trumpetrider565
    @trumpetrider5652 жыл бұрын

    Spent my entire RAF career on the might Tonka. Cottesmore Bruggen and Leeming F3 👍

  • @Fathervinyard
    @Fathervinyard2 жыл бұрын

    used to do all the maintenance for all the roofs up raf leuchars used to see these beasts take off daily was an amazing sight

  • @northcoastaz4808
    @northcoastaz48083 жыл бұрын

    As always very detailed description of the jet itself and its history. Be aware that there is nothing like nose wheel selector button on the front stick. It activates the cameras of the old analog recce pods. Nose wheel steering is selected via an nws selector push button on the left front console. Keep up the good work.

  • @wiryantirta
    @wiryantirta3 жыл бұрын

    26:05 why is it that the moment you mention this I have this image in my head of 2 german pilot/crew listening and singing along to "Take on Me" inside their Tornados during some mundane NATO air patrol.

  • @exhorderhd
    @exhorderhd3 жыл бұрын

    Minor correction: Germany did actually end up buying 357 Tornados, the last 35 of which were ECRs. The ADV‘s very specific role (essentially, lurking over the North Sea waiting for Backfires) actually meant that is was only intended to replace a *part* of the RAF Phantom fleet. Those squadrons which would have had a higher chance of encountering Soviet fighters in a WW3 scenario would have kept their FGR2s, eventually converting to EFAs. Of course, the Fall of the Berlin Wall changed all these plans.

  • @MrNemo721
    @MrNemo7213 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite military aircraft of all time. Still have the scale model I built 10 years back.

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 Жыл бұрын

    Still looks beautiful 40 years on.

  • @robbikebob
    @robbikebob3 жыл бұрын

    When I was a young lad I had airfix models of dozens of ww2 planes. The only modern I had was a tornado.... and, now I think about it, it might have had luftwaffe markings....

  • @Darknamja
    @Darknamja2 жыл бұрын

    Logged a lot of hours in the Panavia Tornado on my PC in the early '90s. The realism of the sim was light years ahead of anything else out at that time. I was able to get up close to the Panavia Tornado at Luke AFB in '83 where they were deployed for desert training. 😎

  • @thunderace4588
    @thunderace45883 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to make this interesting and informative video for us.

  • @RemoteViewr1
    @RemoteViewr13 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your well researched narratives. Thorough, and great context of considerations.

  • @slartybartfarst55
    @slartybartfarst553 жыл бұрын

    Another fantastic episode. I remember building the Airfix model many years ago!

  • @daz804
    @daz8042 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely excellent! Thanks for uploading this, so interesting.

  • @Mediumdave1983
    @Mediumdave19832 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic video, thank you! When I was a kid, I lived near a Tornado airbase, and it was my favourite fighter jet for as long as I could remember! :D It's sad that here in the UK they're retired now, but great to hear that Germany was still using them when you made the video :) Danke schön!

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda74462 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel, wonderful presentation, quality and style.

  • @chestercallahan8856
    @chestercallahan88563 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always!!

  • @bagocross08
    @bagocross087 ай бұрын

    If anyone sees this at this time, the fasteners for cockpit console panels are called dzus fasteners (pronounced like Zeus). They're quarter turn fasteners that lock on the wire that you can see running through the console structure holes. Allows varied configs for the panel layout along side blank panels.

  • @shtehfaw
    @shtehfaw3 жыл бұрын

    When I visited my grandparents in Baden Württemberg, they lived under the flight path of Tornados. Also got to see a Marineflieger Tornado being restored in the Tucson Boneyard. One of my favorite jets, my go-to in the Ace Combat series... well, until it stopped appearing in them...

  • @PutThePastel
    @PutThePastel3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Was waiting that for a long time! Love everything you upload tho xD

  • @dmitrilevchenko4628
    @dmitrilevchenko46283 жыл бұрын

    As always very interesting! Great job!

  • @garyhooper1820
    @garyhooper18202 жыл бұрын

    Nice close up views, details on functions also great , Thanks !

  • @tp6g4up6
    @tp6g4up63 жыл бұрын

    Congrats and thanks Bismark, great video, love it.

  • @mikemontgomery2654
    @mikemontgomery26543 жыл бұрын

    Always a great day when Bismarck releases a new walk around video.

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so informative it’s mind blowing…thank you so much.

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning2 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video and presentation.

  • @JTechWP
    @JTechWP3 жыл бұрын

    Really great tour, my brother used to fly the F3

  • @jasonreese8152
    @jasonreese81522 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Looking forward to viewing your others.

  • @EstraNiato
    @EstraNiato2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, thanks!

  • @SgtSteel1
    @SgtSteel13 жыл бұрын

    Very detailed video. Good work. Thank you.

  • @mdcoomer67
    @mdcoomer672 жыл бұрын

    I did some work at the Airbus facility in Manching and got to see (and hear!) a lot of these. Just an incredibly loud aircraft, it's noise that I don't mind.

  • @praetor678
    @praetor6783 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation as always. Keep up the good work. o7

  • @zippy5131
    @zippy51312 жыл бұрын

    Been about 22 years since I worked on Tonka's..... Oh wonderful XV............

  • @jannesigskargaard793
    @jannesigskargaard7933 жыл бұрын

    What a great combat aircraft the Tornado is and thanks for taking us inside... however, was that a Fairey Gannet I spotted in the background (and lets face it with wings like that I did spot a Fairey Gannet in the background), now my German friendly friend that is a great combat aircraft well worth the climbing inside!

  • @mcal27
    @mcal273 жыл бұрын

    My mother used to work for Siemans in the UK during the 80’s. They were heavily involved in the Tornado programme. She was always bringing home posters and model kits that they were given in the office. I of course was virtually obsessed with the plane! I do think the ADV was a mistake though. We should have bought Tomcats or Eagles and modified them to suit as we did with the Phantom

  • @richardvernon317

    @richardvernon317

    3 жыл бұрын

    The early F-15A's radar was a complete dogs breakfast and the USA had to spend the GDP of a small country to get it to work. Tomcat without the AIM-54 was no better than the Tornado ADV and a lot more expensive (plus a pig to maintain). The Tornado ADV was designed to defend UK airspace from the threat that existed to the UK in the 1970's and 1980's. This threat was not fighters, but long range Soviet Bombers with long range stand off missiles. The AI.24 radar had no issues with dealing with bomber sized target, where it was useless was in dealing with smaller fighter sized aircraft and their manoeuvres (until a shedload of modifications were introduced).

  • @mcal27

    @mcal27

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@richardvernon317 well a couple of responses to that. The F15 was working fine by the early 80’s, we may even have gotten an F15 with with the advanced APG-63 or even the APG-70 radar. The Tomcat granted was best with Phoenix, but with it’s auto wingsweep was a better Dogfighter than the ADV. RAF pilots have attested to this is interviews on youtube amongst other places. The ADV was a one trick fighter, and once the world started seeing Long range fighters (Su-27 series for instance) it was already obsolete. Imho we could have made better choices.

  • @Rhinozherous
    @Rhinozherous3 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are such a joy to watch! Thank you very much!

  • @MilitaryAviationHistory

    @MilitaryAviationHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, much appreciated

  • @Bugman541
    @Bugman5413 жыл бұрын

    Production quality is very obviously increasing, looks great mate.

  • @chairman823
    @chairman8232 жыл бұрын

    Very informative, and very well presented. Thank you.

  • @robg3545
    @robg35453 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Also well done to the museum, that beast is in superb condition.

  • @MilitaryAviationHistory

    @MilitaryAviationHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    That hangar has some fantastic aircraft, well worth the visit once its possible

  • @cannonfodder4376
    @cannonfodder43763 жыл бұрын

    It's a plane that is often derided compared to its American and Soviet 4th Gen fighters, but it's an important aeroplane for Europe. A true workhorse. A fantastic video Bis.

  • @davy50g55
    @davy50g552 жыл бұрын

    Great work. Thanks.

  • @MrSqu1nty
    @MrSqu1nty3 жыл бұрын

    Loved the intro. I say keep it up as long as you have energy for that style.

  • @mike_kokuz17
    @mike_kokuz172 жыл бұрын

    Such a shame that we’ve now lost the GR4 in the UK but it’s refreshing to know that these beautiful machines will remain operational for a while to come 🙌🏼 it has always been my favourite modern aircraft and I would have loved the opportunity to fly one!

  • @EK-gr9gd

    @EK-gr9gd

    2 жыл бұрын

    The "Typhoon" matches most of the "Tornado" performance. They just need to certify the different weapons.

  • @user-kw5qv6zl5e
    @user-kw5qv6zl5e3 ай бұрын

    A beautifully designed aircraft. And beautifully researched and presented Thank you

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 Жыл бұрын

    Nice work, Chris.

  • @F0KK3RM4N
    @F0KK3RM4N3 жыл бұрын

    I just visited the Flight Museum in Seattle, spent about a $100 or so on books in the shop

  • @briantincher9284
    @briantincher92843 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your awesome videos...please make as many as you can...

  • @jacobakana5649
    @jacobakana56493 жыл бұрын

    This is great! I can’t wait to see what’s next!

  • @steviehope7718
    @steviehope77182 жыл бұрын

    What a superb video!

  • @CAP198462
    @CAP1984623 жыл бұрын

    Einsatzgeschwader, that’s a unique concept.

  • @Miner4472
    @Miner44722 жыл бұрын

    In the pan-around camera shot at 1:05, I spy a Fairey Gannet, even though this isn't a majorly popular aircraft. I would love to see an episode of the Gannet.

  • @jaclroberts
    @jaclroberts2 жыл бұрын

    Brought many memories back, I spent 8 years maintaining them in the RAF. You missed the reverse thrust/lift dump selection was made by rocking the throttles outboard (on the ground only, of course!)

  • @125brat

    @125brat

    6 ай бұрын

    Twas exactly my thought as he skipped over them. Also taxy nozzle and the wing sweep/flap/slat inrterlock in the throttle box with feedback from the HLWSCU.

  • @mikewilliams3384
    @mikewilliams33842 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for such an interesting video of my favourite aircraft of all time. I am in awe of your knowledge and understanding of this outstanding aircraft. I do know that many Germans are still very proud of their Tornado. Well done and thanks.

  • @mehlcarelse4319
    @mehlcarelse43192 жыл бұрын

    Myself anc Crisk73 and Raymondgoubet did runs through the Bobbejaanskloof canyon or old post route canyon in South Africa. It's a bit more forgiving than Star Wars Canyon but twice as long. Perfect low terrain practice for a Panavia jet. Was done on MSFS with the Boeing FA18 E Superhornet which also has excellent low altitude characteristics. Crisk73 has the GPS co-ordinates on his run.

  • @stuartbridger5177
    @stuartbridger51772 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I worked at British Aerospace, Weybridge (now the excellent Brooklands Museum) in the 1980s. A number of Tornado components were manufactured there. Taileron assemblies, Flight re-fuelling pod and throttle box come to mind. The taileron skill panels were "skin milled" out of solid on a 48 hour CNC machining cycle. No composites back then. As an apprentice I did have a hand in taileron assembly. Post apprenticeship, I also worked on test equipment for the HF radio system for a short while.

  • @pp9864
    @pp98649 ай бұрын

    Great museum that i have visited today in 3 hours of uninterrupted hard emotions. Thanks to you and to all men and women that work with passion to keep all these alive. ❤ PS: the Mig-29 leaves breathless.

  • @alexshmalex
    @alexshmalex2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video and thanks very much for the incredible detail of the cockpit. I've been flying the F-14 in DCS and I'm surprised quite how similar the panels are and the location of panels too. Looking forward to the day when Heatblur create a Tornado simulation for DCS (one can dream!)

  • @a320nick
    @a320nick2 жыл бұрын

    Good, consolidated description. Well done.

  • @sleepyrasta14820
    @sleepyrasta14820 Жыл бұрын

    My favourite jet and always will be. I used to be in the cadets and we used to go RAF Leuchars for flying i remember taxiing with tornados lined up sitting near to the runway and seeing them take off up close and personal. Always wished i could fly one.

  • @zzeegermantube
    @zzeegermantube3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, indeed one of the most beautiful planes. Just something about it. One can only hope that there will one day be a similar looking plane.

  • @markjessurun7765
    @markjessurun77658 ай бұрын

    I love the panavia Tornado it's a beautiful looking Jet FIGHTER and I remember a story were one was shot down over Iraq and the two pilots were Captured !! The story did make an impact on me because of the handling of the Pilots by the Iraqi army and the Aftermath !! I like ur video clip and u gave me a good idea of the inside of this fighter together with it's history !! I Thank you indeed for ur effort and time !!

  • @LaCorvette
    @LaCorvette3 жыл бұрын

    That's one tasty Sinn clock in the cockpit there. I recall Sinn (now also making wristwatches) doing a rerelease of this clock as a wristwatch. Good video as always, this time though I have noticed some slight desync between audio and video when you're talking e.g. at 3:35. Thank you!