Does anyone know why camo Torndado GR's often had 4x white and red ejector warning symbols under the canopy for the front seater? I've wondered this since the 80's! Usually only 2 for the rear and had less symbols seemingly on the GR4?
(Question lifted from the warbirds photo section to make it more visible).
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Tornado GR1 ejector warning symbols
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F4JPhantomII
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Re: Tornado GR1 ejector warning symbols
I'll be corrected if I'm wrong but I think two are in English and two are in German.
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garyscott
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Re: Tornado GR1 ejector warning symbols
They are for the seats AND the canopy. The forward triangles states ‘ejection canopy and seat’, and the rear triangles that the canopy has an explosive system.
They are repeated both sides.
They are repeated both sides.
Re: Tornado GR1 ejector warning symbols
Thanks, now i know.
Re: Tornado GR1 ejector warning symbols
garyscotts answer is correct, but back in the days of RAF Germany the Tonkas had FOUR warning triangles on the front fuselage each side plus doubled up rescue stencils in English and German. The UK based models had no German stencils.