Tag Archives: Tornado GR4 Demo Role TeamTornado Role Demo display as seen from inside the cockpit
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Uploaded by the crew themselves after numerous requests, the following video shows the full display of the RAF’s Tornado Demo Role. Filmed during the RAF Leuchars Airshow on Sept 15. 2012, this amazing footage shows how much effort is put by aircrews into these sorts of display.
The video is interesting even because it was filmed with a camera facing the backseater which provides an usual point of view.
Richard Clements for TheAviationist.com Related articles RAF’s Tornado Role Demo Team to return to the UK airshow scene in 2013The RAF has recently announced that its highly acclaimed Tornado Role Demo Display Team is to return to the UK Air Show circuit for 2013. The two-ship display team using radio callsigns Poker 1 and Poker 2 provides a display that shows the British public the RAF’s frontline strike capabilities and tactics used by aircrew of the Tornado GR4 bombers deployed to the Afghanistan theatre of operations in the Close Air Support (CAS) role. The display is fast, loud and dynamic, with large explosions from the pyrotechnics as the unfolding scenario is acted out via a commentator.
Image credit: Gareth Stringer / GAR The scene is set as coalition troops are pinned down by an enemy firefight. The GR4s enter flying fast and low, wings swept, re-heat plugged in, as they provide a 550 kts “Show of Force.” The ensuing fight includes Brimstone attacks and strafing runs, that give the viewing crowd heat and percussion from the explosions that can even be felt in the aircraft.
Image credit: Gareth Stringer / GAR Flown by aircrew from XV (15) Squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth, whom are all Iraq and Afghanistan experienced aircrew the team have proved to be very popular with Air Show crowds during 2012. An exclusive in-depth interview with the Team pilots can be found on the FREE 2012 airshow season review magazine of the Global Aviation Magazine, the monthly digital-only magazine published by the Global Aviation Resource team. Richard Clements for TheAviationist.com Related articles |
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