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212 - The Tornado ADV


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Guest: Dave Gledhill     Host: Markus Voelter    Shownoter: Bastian Hundt

During his career in the Royal Air Force, Dave Gledhill has been flying as a navigator in the Tornado ADV. After his career he wrote a book about this airplane, and its (not always problem-free) introduction into service with the RAF. In this episode we talk about the airplane, about his flying, about some of the challenges during its development and introduction into service, and how they were overcome to make the F.3 a capable interceptor after all.

Introduction of David Gledhill 00:04:30

Tornado Book by David: "Tornado F3" | omega tau 172 "Chasing Bears with the Phantom"

Tornado F3 Overview 00:05:50

Tornado aircraft and variants | Tornado ADV | Reheat / Afterburner | Fly by wire | Foxhunter Radar | Sidewinder Missile | Supercruise | Eurofighter Typhoon | Variable-sweep wing | External Tank | F-4 Phantom II | Track while scan mode of radar | Dogfight | Su-22 Fitter

Flight Controls 00:27:10

Speedbrakes | Thrust reversal | Aerodynamic braking / landing | Aerodynamic stability

Battery failure with engine spool up 00:33:30

The cockpit of the Tornado ADV 00:37:05

Skyflash missile | Identification friend or foe (IFF) | Chaff | Flare | Radar homing and warning receiver (RHWR) | Tactical data link

Duties of the navigator 00:48:40

Crew resource managment (CRM) | Link 16 | Situation awareness | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) | AWACS | GPS | Inertial navigation system

Foxhunter Radar 00:55:30

Pulsed-Doppler radar | AMRAAM | Continous-wave radar | Radar details | Semi-active radar homing | Quick reaction alert (QRA)

Tornado F2 01:10:05

Mirage F1 | Radar cross-section

Bosnia Sortie 01:23:20

Electronic countermeasures | Towed decoy system example | EA-18G "Growler"

Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) 01:29:30

XO | F-16

Her Majesty's Birthday 01:36:30

Time in the Ministry of Defense 01:39:00

Time after Flying 01:41:30

Air warfare center | Exercise red flag

Books and End of Episode 01:43:47

Books by David on amazon.co.uk

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