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Tucano - Now! and Tucano Now Take Two, 1990s

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-3060

Film on the Tucano training aircraft and its place in RAF pilot training. Student pilots are seen at various ground and airborne stages of the Tucano course at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

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Turbo Union RB199-34R Mk 104

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X005-5781

Complete RB199 Mk 104 Three-spool turbofan ECU, dressed as left-hand unit, as used on Panavia Tornado F.3 aircraft. With lay-by stand.

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AI 24 Foxhunter Radar

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X005-5740

Stand-mounted, roughly circular, multi-mode, track-while-scan, pulse doppler air-intercept radar unit as fitted in nose of Tornado F.3. With rotating front scanner unit.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Helen Seymour and Flight Lieutenant Rosie Steevenson, 1 November 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7409

Helen Seymour and Nicola ‘Rosie’ Steevenson flew together as Tornado F3 pilot and navigator. They discuss various aspects of air defence operations. Helen later went on to fly the Typhoon.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Phil Mobbs, 31 May 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7401

Interview with Phil Mobbs, who served as pilot in C130 Hercules and A400M Atlas transport aircraft. He describes operations around the world and the contrast between the Hercules and A400M.

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Recorded interview with Wing Commander Andy Green, 16 April 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7398

Interview with Andy Green, who served as an RAF pilot in Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft and broke the sound barrier on the ground in 1997, driving the purpose-built Thrust-SSC.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain Toria McPhaden, 20 November 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7390

Toria McPhaden served as an administrative and secretarial officer, including roles at Lyneham and Leuchars. She was station commander of RAF Northolt at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s repatriation.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Adam Robinson, 1 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3397

Recorded interview with Adam Robinson, who served as a navigator in Tornado GR1 aircraft, including operations during the 1991 Gulf War, and in Chinook helicopters during the 1990s and 2000s.

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Recorded interview with Marshal of the RAF Sir Peter Harding, 26 October 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4806

Peter Harding flew Canberra bomber aircraft and Wessex helicopters with the RAF and Royal Australian Air Force and was Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Tony Paxton 19 March 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4831

Tony Paxton was a pilot in Lightning, Tornado GR.1 and Tornado F.3 aircraft in the UK and Germany. As a Tornado F3 pilot he deployed to the Gulf in 1990.

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