Tornado on Gumtree

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PAUL500

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2,633 posts

246 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3144702/Ai...

Are there many in private hands? you see harriers and jaguars about but not these.

Simpo Two

85,332 posts

265 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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So without an engine it's basically an ornament...

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Simpo Two said:
So without an engine it's basically an ornament...
Were they ever much more with an engine?

TheEnd

15,370 posts

188 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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I don't see any wings on it either.

mph1977

12,467 posts

168 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Crossflow Kid said:
Simpo Two said:
So without an engine it's basically an ornament...
Were they ever much more with an engine?
the IDS was rarely an ornament ...

the F2s with 'blue circle' were a bit of an ornament ... but the f3 did what it was supposed to

eccles

13,727 posts

222 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Why is every jet, a 'fighter jet' to the retards in the press!

Halmyre

11,172 posts

139 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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mph1977 said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Simpo Two said:
So without an engine it's basically an ornament...
Were they ever much more with an engine?
the IDS was rarely an ornament ...

the F2s with 'blue circle' were a bit of an ornament ... but the f3 did what it was supposed to
The F3 was the ADV or Air Defence Variant, aka (rather sarcastically) the Air Display Variant.

Simpo Two

85,332 posts

265 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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eccles said:
Why is every jet, a 'fighter jet' to the retards in the press!
Because it looks small compared with a B52 which is a bomber smile

I like fighters and bombers, you know where you are. Now you just have one-size-fits-all.

Eric Mc

121,897 posts

265 months

Wednesday 1st July 2015
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It's GR1 which was technically a bomber, not a fighter.

As for "restored" - it seems to be missing a few key bits.

PAUL500

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2,633 posts

246 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Simpo Two said:
So without an engine it's basically an ornament...
and so with an engine it suddenly becomes a practical mode of transport? tongue out

mph1977

12,467 posts

168 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Halmyre said:
mph1977 said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Simpo Two said:
So without an engine it's basically an ornament...
Were they ever much more with an engine?
the IDS was rarely an ornament ...

the F2s with 'blue circle' were a bit of an ornament ... but the f3 did what it was supposed to
The F3 was the ADV or Air Defence Variant, aka (rather sarcastically) the Air Display Variant.
the F2 was was also the ADV but delivered with 'blue circle' rather than Foxhunter hence the disparaging comments aobut the utility of single stick F2s