Aerotech Tornado

The Aerotech Tornado was an Edropian jet powered fighter aircraft used by the Edropian Air Force. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Aerotech turbojet engine and the swept wing, and quickly succeeded the Bullet. On 7 September 1953 a Tornado broke the world air speed record for aircraft, achieving a speed of 1,171.01 km/h (727.63 mph). Five versions of the Tornado were built, with the latest, the Mk V introduced in 1974. The Tornado was extensively in training missions and was the most produced Edropian aircraft of the 1950s.

General characteristics (Tornado Mk II)

 * Crew: 1
 * Length: 14 m (45 ft 11 in)
 * Wingspan: 10.25 m (33 ft 8 in)
 * Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
 * Wing area: 32.5 m2 (350 sq ft)
 * Empty weight: 6,405 kg (14,121 lb)
 * Gross weight: 8,050 kg (17,747 lb)
 * Max takeoff weight: 11,160 kg (24,604 lb)
 * Powerplant: 1 × turbojet engine, 45.15 kN (10,150 lbf) thrust

Performance

 * Maximum speed: 1,005 km/h (624 mph, 543 kn) at 11,000 m (36,089 ft) / 1,150 km/h (715 mph, 621 kn) at sea level / Mach 0.94
 * Combat range: 620 km (385 mi)
 * Ferry range: 3,100 km (1,926 mi) maximum external fuel
 * Service ceiling: 15,000 m (49,213 ft)
 * Rate of climb: 87 m/s (17,200 ft/min)
 * Wing loading: 252 kg/m2 (51.6 lb/sq ft)
 * Thrust/weight: 0.56

Armament

 * Guns: 4 × 30 mm (1.18 in) revolver cannon in a removable gun pack with 150 rpg
 * Hardpoints: 4 underwing with a capacity of 3,400 kg (7,496 lb), with provisions to carry combinations of:
 * Rockets:
 * 4 × rocket pods (each with 18 × 68 mm (2.68 in) rockets) or
 * 32 × 80 mm (3.15 in) rockets
 * Missiles:
 * 4 × air-to-air missiles
 * 4 × air-to-surface missiles
 * Bombs: a variety of unguided iron bombs
 * Other: 2 × 870 l (230 gallons) drop tanks for extended range/loitering time