Tornado in Gardaland/Gillend naar Huis

[wamovements]

Zat gisteren naar Gillend naar huis (naar mijn mening een schitterend programma) te kijken en zag dat er in het attractiepark Gardaland in Italië een blauw gespoten tornado stond by de attractie "Blue Tornado".

Is dit een echt tornado en zo ja welke is dit?

Ik vond de volgende foto via google
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/248 ... ff.jpg?v=0

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Dennis

[jimmy van drunen]

Hier een wat duidelijkere foto ( niet van mezelf! ):



Jimmy

[Hans Rolink]

Reminds me of a B-movie called Blue Tornado.
See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101489/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe the two are connected?

Hans.

[frank kramer]

Two observations:
1. The Tornado has AT LEAST a fake canopy, but judging from the pictures the overall shape is OK so it MIGHT be real

2. Wasn't Blue Tornado about Starfighters? Or was there also an earlier film with Dirk Benedict that was about Starfighters (Blue Starfighter?) and was Blue Tornado the sequel? Anyway, at one time I saw the Starfighter film on TV. Totally senseless D-category movie with some nice flying sequences, but sometimes "speeded up" so the end result looked ridiculous.

[Basman]

The complete absence of hardpoints under the belly makes me believe it's fake, but I'll try to find out more.

Bas

[aviodromefriend]

At the picture in the first post the fin looks somewhat out of proportions to me, at least for an Air Defense Variant, which this is meant to be, given the shape of the fin (and which was only operated under a lease from the RAF in Italy, all aircraft having returned to the UK after the lease ended).

So, my guess: it's a fake machine.

[Lex]

At the picture in the first post the fin looks somewhat out of proportions to me, at least for an Air Defense Variant, which this is meant to be, given the shape of the fin (and which was only operated under a lease from the RAF in Italy, all aircraft having returned to the UK after the lease ended).

So, my guess: it's a fake machine.

Not all the F3's were returned to the RAF. There's one preserved in the Vigne di Vale museum.

[frank kramer]

The nose is that of a ground-attack Tornado... The F3 has a longer nose for the Foxhunter radar.

Considering all the things said in the posts above, the odds are that this was indeed a ground-prop made for the movie of the same name. In which case the remarks of Hans Rolink are "spot on"

Zou Gordon meer weten?

[nilsko]

Two observations:
1. The Tornado has AT LEAST a fake canopy, but judging from the pictures the overall shape is OK so it MIGHT be real

2. Wasn't Blue Tornado about Starfighters? Or was there also an earlier film with Dirk Benedict that was about Starfighters (Blue Starfighter?) and was Blue Tornado the sequel? Anyway, at one time I saw the Starfighter film on TV. Totally senseless D-category movie with some nice flying sequences, but sometimes "speeded up" so the end result looked ridiculous.

The film both featured Tornado's AND Starfighters The plot sucked, so did the air-to-air footage, but the real filmed stuff was great!

[kiwi]

Those wings look fake to me..

[Felle]

Look fake to me looking at this picture:

http://www.achus.org/galerias/displayim ... =181&pos=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Felle.

Edit by mod: loooong link adapted

[Key]

the fin looks somewhat out of proportions to me

Hard to judge at wide angle, and... the Tornado fin IS out of proportion
But seriously, I do agree: looks like a piece of plastic to me.

Erik

[Felle]

Plastic it is, some old mock-up??

http://reggio.r.e.pic.centerblog.net/q314y6xy.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Felle.

[wamovements]

Dank allen.

Dat wordt dan: "Gillend naar huis toe"