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1975 Panavia Tornado GR.1
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XX947
8797M

1975 Panavia Tornado GR.1 C/N P.03

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Latest photos of XX947
  • XX947 @ EGLF - At Farnborough International 1978. - by kenvidkid by kenvidkid @ EGLF
  • XX947 - On transport on the Antwerp ring road heading towards The Netherlands - by Andreas Dasseville by Andreas Dasseville
  • XX947 @ EGLF - BAe/Panavia Tornado IDS [P.03] (Royal Air Force) Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. From a slide. - by Ray Barber by Ray Barber @ EGLF
  • XX947 @ EGLF - BAe/Panavia Tornado IDS [P.03] (Royal Air Force) Farnborough~G 10/09/1978. From a slide. - by Ray Barber by Ray Barber @ EGLF

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:Panavia
Model:Tornado GR.1    Search all Panavia Tornado GR.1
Year built:1975
Construction Number (C/N):P.03
Aircraft Type:Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats:2
Number of Engines:2
Engine Type:Turbofan
Engine Manufacturer and Model:Turbo-Union RB.199

Aircraft

Registration Number:XX947
Alternative Code/Name:8797M
Current Status:Preserved

Owner

Address:,
United Kingdom

User Comments

Andy Wiles, 2014-03-07 10:40:40
 At RAF Marham in the early eighties, the RAF Armament trade were doing their weapons load training on real Tornados which meant expensive aircraft put to one side for their use with the associated extra wear. Because electrical power was needed on these aircraft for post load testing, these airframes were often otherwise serviceable and pulled off the flight line, albeit sometimes with planned maintenance ahead.. Someone in authority learned that BAe (at Warton?) had a surplus airframe and successfully made a request for it. A team from St Athan dismantled it and brought XX947 to Marham in probably 1983? It was reassembled in 4 Hanger which was ASF.
I was working in the Armament Electrical Bay within EES and so we were looked to for advice in recovering P03 to a Weapons Load Trainer! I took this on as a secondary duty and spent the next year or so working any spare time(!) to return some electrical life to her. Others worked the mechanical side fitting pylons (production pylons onto a prototype airframe was not easy!!) and gun parts etc. Although the St Athan team had removed the wings by cooling the pins and then refitting them at Marham, the electrical cables to the wings had been chopped through. Such was the state of cables that I had to run in my own looms for the limited power needs. Much cockpit equipment was missing and there was no recognisable armament system. Whilst the armourers busied with allocating and fitting seats & pylons I scavenged for LRUs and switches. A Special Weapons Controller came from a crash in Canada (and it still worked), MASS, LA, WCPs 1 & 2, Stick top, even throttle tops as I recall. Various gauges to fill the holes, even TV Tabs I think. My pride and joy was making the WPU from bits, so when powered from my 12v busbar, its Front Panel would run through the Self Test routine (channel light on and FAs dropping all in the required 12 seconds?). I left Marham for Bruggen in 1987 and remember that P03 was still being used for training then. How wonderful to learn she now rests in Brighton!