A Royal Air Force pilot, Flight Lieutenant David Fowler, stands by his swing-wing Tornado aircraft at the R.A.F. base Honington, in England, equipped for nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. The aircraft is housed in the concrete shelter (background). In his left hand Flight Lieutenant Fowler holds a tape cassette programmed with flight planning information by a ground-based computer. The cassette is fed into the Tornado’s on-board computer which, when directed by the pilot, can automatically fly the aircraft to its target. The two-seat multi-role Tornado was jointly developed by Britain, West Germany, and Italy under a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation programme.
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Press, 9 May 1985, Page 18
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101A Royal Air Force pilot, Flight Lieutenant David Fowler, stands by his swing-wing Tornado aircraft at the R.A.F. base Honington, in England, equipped for nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. The aircraft is housed in the concrete shelter (background). In his left hand Flight Lieutenant Fowler holds a tape cassette programmed with flight planning information by a ground-based computer. The cassette is fed into the Tornado’s on-board computer which, when directed by the pilot, can automatically fly the aircraft to its target. The two-seat multi-role Tornado was jointly developed by Britain, West Germany, and Italy under a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation programme. Press, 9 May 1985, Page 18
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