Air International 1983-09
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Tornado ZA326, one of the first dual-control GR Mk Is built for the RAF, has now entered service with the RAE at Bedford for assorted trials duties.
Photographed outside the Brabazon hangar at Filton, Zulu Alpha 140 is the third of the VC 10K Mk 2 tanker conversions completed. Delivered to the RAF at Brize Norton on 25 July, 1983, it is the first to join the re-formed No 101 Squadron.
Helping to search for submarines that may intrude into Swedish coastal waters is this recent addition to Marinen (the Swedish Navy), a specialty-equipped sea surveillance version of the Cessna 404 Titan, designated Tp 87 in Sweden.