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Old 26th Mar 2018, 12:52
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Originally Posted by glad rag
XT 123

XT = Trainer....... EXCEPT...... We had to do a Houdini and FIT the stick as required by training role..aircraft had very limited operational capabilities ie heat with it in IIRC..

There are/were Tornado variants with dual controls in the rear too..
During my time on the RAF Tornado F3 / ADV as groundcrew, the twin-stick trainer variants were very few and highly sought after.

I don't remember whether the command ejection selector was any different on the trainer than on the normal F3...
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