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Thanks for sharing your insight!

@bluelights85, I record the flight while flying in the cockpit, using the in-built recorder or an external add-on. Then watch the replay, but change the camera to external and use a screen capture programme to make the footage.

Thanks! On the camera menu, you'll find a co-pilot camera option in the list of views. It's not strictly a co-pilot in the Tornado, but that one will take you to the rear position.

@@FlywithSteve thanks! Will give it a try today... 👍

That sounds wonderful! Sadly we don't get to see them fly in the UK anymore.

Hi, just to check do you have the Lakenheath ILS frequency set to the Tacan equivalent, or the actual Lakenheath Tacan selected? If you are using the Lakenheath Tacan (which I think is 039x, but I'm away from the computer today) you won't get the ILS glideslope.

⁠@@FlywithSteve I have the tacan set manually on the cockpit dial. When you say ils frequency is that done is the tornado menu or can it be done in the cockpit? In the meantime,I’ll have a look when I’m next on and see if I can figure out what I’m missing. Thanks the reply :) Upon watching the video again I think I’ve figured out what I’m doing wrong, I’ll come back and confirm when I next attempt it

If you have the glide flag present I think it means it is not receiving the glide slope information. When it picks up the glide slope that flag disappears. For Lakenheath ILS you'll want to dial in 036X on the TACAN (either through the cockpit dial or the pop-out menu). I've just had a go at an ILS approach at Lakenheath, it isn't the easiest place to practise ILS approaches as the ILS seems to be offset from the runway heading.

@@FlywithSteveI’ve managed an ils approach to lakenheath and marham. Thanks for all ya help and for the video :) just practice now.

Thanks for your feedback, it's great to hear the real-world experience. I was going from the checklist which said to set x-drive clutch to auto. Did you use battery to start the APU? I think the start-up videos of the GR4 I have seen there is usually a ground power unit plugged in before APU start. Thanks again for sharing your insight.

@@FlywithSteve can't remember ever to start with external power, why - that was the whole point of the APU. If you have external power, you don't need the APU at all - it was was a fall back, in case APU failed. The only point of having ground power connected in the old days, with the shitty INS Navigation System , was to have already start aligning, so you don't have to sit there for 10 Min doing nothing but waiting. In the old days Pilots had to wait for the WSOs to get the rear CP ready. With the newer GPS/Laser IN, it was the other way round...

Thanks! I've added a link to the flightplan into the video information. Enjoy your flights!

@@FlywithSteve thks! 👍

Thank you, I'm glad it was some help.

Hope you get to fly it soon!

Thanks @thoko418. It's the Radar Altimeter needing powering on. At about 5:05 in the video I switched it on by turning the knob on the left hand side of the radar altimeter. It needs a turn rather than a press.

@@FlywithSteve Great! Thank you very much for the quick response and the good help. I hadn't turned the button, just pressed it. The plane is also a really cool device on the Xbox. Greetings, Thorsten

Thank you @prestonmartin6135 . It is airshow assistant for all of the flypast shots, and multi tracked recording for taxiing and take-off.

@@FlywithSteve Thank you for that clarification. I was wondering how you got the Aircraft to taxi out in that way.

Thanks for your comments. There are quite a few photos of Tornado GR1s/IDS parked at 45 degrees wing sweep (I have read that to fit in the German shelters they needed to be at 45, but can't verify that myself). It's how it spawns in when loading into MSFS, so although not typical for the RAF GR1s IRL, that's how I started the video as it's what users will see. IndiaFoxtEcho seem very open to feedback on their products so do feel free to send them any comments.

You could taxi a GR1 in Wings 45 no Problem...

@@christianrode2549 with or without payload I find this interesting. We were told it was a complete no no and it was part of our see-offs to make sure they were fully forward. We also taught it on the tornado training course, admittedly I went on the F3 one but the beginning of the F3 one was the standard tornado bits then the changes tagged on at the end. It was just something that they pointed out with regards to Safety . I know there were emergency landing procedures but we were also told that it wouldn’t be allowed to move from standstill without the wings being fully forward or safety measures put in place.

@@thisisadebrown it did matter much - you would actually (during German Air Force Ops) already sweep the wings back for taxiing back to shelter right after turing off the runway. Some Airbases had narrow taxiways, where you had to keep 45 Wings until clear of Hangar Area. 67 was a different story - bit 45° WS taxi was a standard thing really.

Thanks for watching! In the air it is relatively simple - an app called Airshow Assistant works very well. For the taxi and take-off, it was layering different flight replays.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks, glad it was helpful!