@Gunjob
Is the Tornado loosing 99% of its pitch authority whenver its elevators take any kind of damage correct correct?
Just seems like the Tornados’s damage model is incredible fragile compared to most. In various other aircraft it would certainly affect handling, but only in the Tornado does practically render the aircraft unflyable, even relatively minor damage.
and its not the only area, I’ve had the fuselage go yellow before and loose all ability to go above about mach 0.9
Might be a bit of a headache to model but its not really any different to para-ret bombs. They just need to figure out how to loft it to LEO before deploying the chute.
There was a brief overlap of about 3 years, though I think it was only ever cleared on the GR.1B?
First GR.4 delivered in 1997, Sea Eagle retired in 2000.
Now, don’t mind me laughing manically in the corner at the thought of lobbing a few Storm Shadows or a dozen Brimstones.
Officially retired, yes, but any actually left in service is another question. I know that when the Sea Harrier FA2 entered service in 1993, there was only 3 left. Id assume by the time of 1997. That number had probably gone down.