Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
This was the one that did it for me...
...although I should add it took me until 27!
Yebbut you didn't manage to fly the one in the photo (GR1)
On a more serious note, I wonder how many 22 year olds did fly it. I would imagine that you would have to be an 18 year old entrant on O or A levels to manage that. I think that even back in the 80's, most fast jet starters were university graduates joining up as 22 year olds so by the time they had done basic and advanced training, they would be about 24/25 before they got near a Tornado cockpit. I wonder when the last "5 O level" pilot/nav was recruited from new?