Tornado GR4 ZG777 EB-Q "Performance Launch"

[@mt5144]

When I left school in 1979 the RAF were just receiving them in to Service, to me they were the best Aircraft the RAF have ever had especially the Tornado GR1/GR4, sadly now most have been scrapped (with the exception of museum & BDRT frames) I also saw the last 3 GR4's on the last day off there flying days, Awsum take off power & still today a superb aircraft which really still should be flying over the UK skies.

[@cliverogers1249]

Like the Harrier they flushed down the toilet when they were still viable.

[@douglasstreet7304]

LOVE this lady, the modern Mosquito. LONG LIVE THE RAF ! From a yank !

[@EleanorPeterson]

What a handsome brute - and what a VOICE! (3:47 - It's nice that the crew gave you such a genuine and generous wave, too.😁)

[@killerdalek]

I love the Tornado - fearsome looking beasts!

[@DarrenBartonaviationvid]

They sure are

[@jonwilko6305]

Superb plane from its first day in service to its last day in service 👍

[@DarrenBartonaviationvid]

Definitely was.

[@oldgregg6915]

Love the wave and salute the pilots give the group of guys with cameras 😂

[@DarrenBartonaviationvid]

They are a great bunch at RAF Conninsby.

[@andersleofranzen7019]

Nice little chubby Beast- we love You TORNADO!! You have lethal emanation!!☠️☠️☠️

[@juliekeegan7173]

Very cool. Wish one would fly over my house like the shuttle did before it hit the museum. Nice!😎

[@bufalobill19]

Such a beatiful aircraft !

[@andywilliams949]

I miss seeing the old tonkas

[@ferolcat2009]

I remember back in the eighties watching these low fly along the coast at Withernsea. I believe there was or still is a practice bombing range near Scarborough/Whitby.

[@kenstevens5065]

I once saw a six ship 5 sqn F3 take off early one morning at Coningsby about 1991. Took off in pairs, the noise! Then came the peace dividend that hit defence spending as the USSR had collapsed. Goodbye Harrier, Jaguar, Phantom, Nimrod, even ASR helicopter service. Nothing in reserve as airframes are stripped for spares so our serviceable fleet gets smaller and smaller. Trained pilots are "moved on" because they aren't of the right ethnic or gender mix. Watch out Red Arrows and BBMF. Never mind, the present Government don't seem to want to protect our way of life or borders anyway so let's welcome the new Britain.

[@jekylthorn8969]

Absolutely spot on. Couldn't agree more and totally share your grief.

[@georgebarnes8163]

question, where did all the RAF Tonkas go, were they just scrapped or sold off for peanuts?

[@reaper378]

Looked like a standard Tonker departure to me ...

[@Flight-bz4gn]

What a sound!

[@RonMihill]

Is that a 41 squadron marker on the tail?. I was serving in 41 , 1956/1957. Does 41 still exist?

[@gazza2933]

Great shot and looks like Rwy 25. Got a wave from both! Are you an Air Marshal? 😁 Well done! 👍🏻

[@DarrenBartonaviationvid]

Definitely not an air marshal I'm afraid.

[@modernschoolatlas]

Six minutes of waiting and then a regular take-off. Thumbs down.

[@holtez1990]

Thats six minutes of freedom mister!

[@stevebirmingham9650]

i wonder how much fuel was wasted just sitting on the ground waiting for take off, how many gallons burned ant informed person tell me

[@wildweasel105]

Don't worry how many gallons were wasted waiting for clearance. It's called income tax from your wages that fill the tanks😆

[@tigger1376]

PMSL 'performance launch' Here, I fixed your title.....Standard Tornado Takeoff.

[@allgood6760]

Pretty cool👍

[@ian-t7t]

All the performance of an Austin Heavy 12....

[@tommystravels64]

PHENOMINAL Aircraft!!! 🤘💪

[@exbritishforcespatriotscha7723]

I spent many years on Tornados

[@jihgok1969]

Tornados a beautiful plane

[@mothmagic1]

If you parked them with the wings folded and the drop tanks full the centre of gravity was far enough aft for them to sit their tail on the ground.

[@LinskaV2]

Actual takeoff is at 6:00 You're welcome

[@samglover1098]

Just love those planes…

[@russouk]

Tonka is still a viable a\c today...criminal getting rid of this fast jet...best in world a what it does.

[@mikewest4317]

fuck me he takes his time doesn't he?

[@Nel33147]

Are they being phased out , you know soon to be retired .

[@12345fowler]

ALl those "unrestricteb climb" "performance launch" "vertical take-off" "fast take-off" (=for saying short take-off) etc. are just plain sick verbiage.

[@jihgok1969]

I wish the Red Arrows could do an aerobatic display on this beautiful jet the Tornado

[@DarrenBartonaviationvid]

I think most would but unfortunately they will be out of service by next year now the F-35's are starting to arrive.

[@georgestainthorpe9258]

@@DarrenBartonaviationvid me

[@josie76ish]

That not a performance takeoff

[@dreadnoughtjeffries7613]

💪🏽💪🏽

[@TomCoomber-t8e]

I so loved that aircraft having been the project manager for the Flight Simulators at Rediffusion Flight Simulation and having met and worked with a number of its crews, so sad to see the government and the civil service Blobs get rid of them

[@renningervaness5762]

I wish people would learn how to hold the camera straight

[@kyberwolfuk]

Seek and Distroy. 41SQ

[@localbod]

Flaps down = normal take off.

[@aigen56]

Abo fares why is it a very bad aircraft?

[@T8ERS]

6:54 long. throttles up at 6:00. boring waste of time.

[@davinci234]

Tornado meaning act of god......................

[@BobE.Dancho]

6 minutes 45 seconds wasted.

[@muppetrowlf1473]

Typical Tornado.... All show and...shit engines.

[@Then.72]

Typical muppet all crap and... no fact

[@muppetrowlf1473]

??? Even it’s pilots are on record saying the engines were unreliable. In some cases they were the cause of the accidents!

[@Then.72]

muppetrowlf well the RAF never cried about that aircraft so it must have been down to the maintenance engineers of the certain airforces that did

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[@abofares3347]

tornado is a very bad aircraft

[@martf8014]

+Abo Fares lol nope

[@GWLAD]

+Abo Fares it is if your fighting for isis

[@davecarstairs-wilmington3929]

You're right, ZG777 is a very bad aircraft, but I've straightened her up now and she's good to go.

[@woooster17]

He missed a word.. ‘bad ASS aircraft’

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Ah well, everyones entitled to their opinion, even it's wrong.