Tornado Town North!

[BatmanIX]

Hi all,

Below are a few images from a recent couple of days spent at Lossiemouth at the end of January.

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Cheers,
Paul

[stevieb]

Great stuff!

[bigcrow]

Stunning mate, you certainly picked the light...

[RickIngham]

Superb from start to finish mate

[st24]

Very nice mate but seriously, do you ever go to bleeding work?!! Whats the special (No27?)

[BatmanIX]

Very nice mate but seriously, do you ever go to bleeding work?!! Whats the special (No27?)

Not if i can help it! The special is the imaginative 1,000,000 flying hours jet.

Cheers,
Paul

[soundbarrier]

Amazing Paul even though you told me about your visit I did not picture them to be this great . Are they on of off base? Rgds, Carl.

[Craig_85]

An amazing set from one of the very best photographers on this forum. Lossiemouth looks a wonderful base for pictures

[BatmanIX]

All shot from off base Carl.

Many thanks for the comments.

Paul

[MKR]

Great set,especially No 8
Mike

[Craig]

A very polished set! Number 3 does it for me!

[Silent_Eagle]

Wow, those are razor sharp, fantastic shots.

[Rumwolf]

Absolutely superb shots and lovely light too. On each of the Tornado head on shots with the aircraft taxying it is possible to see a little hatch open on the aircraft's port side (in the direction of travel) in line with the ejection warning triangle by the navigator. I don't remember ever noticing it before and was wondering whether anybody knows what it is?

[st24]

The special is the imaginative 1,000,000 flying hours jet.

And I thought I was observant (1) Nothing special then.

Absolutely superb shots and lovely light too. On each of the Tornado head on shots with the aircraft taxying it is possible to see a little hatch open on the aircraft's port side (in the direction of travel) in line with the ejection warning triangle by the navigator. I don't remember ever noticing it before and was wondering whether anybody knows what it is?

And I thought I was observant (2)
Hah! Never noticed that before, it's also open during take off but not in the old "recce" equipped birds...

[gary1701]

Hi,

A very nice set of pictures. The head on taxi shots of the pair are simple but look superb.

Gary

[elderforest]

Lovely set of images. Pairs departure is a cracker

[sylvancatharsis]

Lovely set of shots with great light to boot. I'm really liking the Sea King shots.

[BatmanIX]

Absolutely superb shots and lovely light too. On each of the Tornado head on shots with the aircraft taxying it is possible to see a little hatch open on the aircraft's port side (in the direction of travel) in line with the ejection warning triangle by the navigator. I don't remember ever noticing it before and was wondering whether anybody knows what it is?

I have noticed this too and am also curious to know what they are for. In addition to the one mentioned above, there is another hatch open below the RAF roundal most noticable in pics 10, 11 and 13. Also if you look at pics 7, 16 and 20, you will notice another hatch open just below the cannon (or where the cannon shoud be on the GR4A's).

Cheers again for the comments,
Paul

[nigelblake]

Excellent set of images Paul, I really like all the head on shots!

[f4mphixer]

Absolutely superb shots and lovely light too. On each of the Tornado head on shots with the aircraft taxying it is possible to see a little hatch open on the aircraft's port side (in the direction of travel) in line with the ejection warning triangle by the navigator. I don't remember ever noticing it before and was wondering whether anybody knows what it is?

It is the Actuator Door for the Spine Cooling Fan

[mr pabs]

Excellent!

[markmarples]

WOW

i love the head one ones, can i use them for reference for my models build especially the ones with CLBS

[jwarnerxh558]

great set thanks for sharing!

[buccs2b]

Fantastic set, really like #25 with the jet wash blurring the background

[BatmanIX]

WOW

i love the head one ones, can i use them for reference for my models build especially the ones with CLBS

No problem Mark, help yourself.

Thanks again for the comments,
Paul