Tornado ECR, Takt LwG-51 Schleswig-Jagel, Tiger Meet 2014 (1:72)

Hobbymaster 1/72nd scale HA6709 Tornado ECR "Tiger Meet 2014" 46+28, Takt LwG-51 Schleswig-Jagel, June 2014.


The Panavia Tornado was a joint effort between the UK, West Germany and Italy to produce a two-seat, dual-engine aircraft with variable-sweep wings. The Tornado took its maiden flight on August 14, 1974 with the first aircraft being delivered to the German Air Force on July 27, 1979. There are three main variants of the Tornado, the IDS (interdictor/strike), ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and ADV (air defense variant) interceptor. By the end of production in 1998 there had been 992 aircraft of all versions built of which 745 were IDS variants.