RAF Tornado Manual: 1974 onwards (all marks and models) (Owners' Workshop Manual)

I enjoy this book a lot, like all the other titles of this series in my possession. Great detail and a great reference book for everyone who loves the Tornado. I also have the 707, Buccaneer, DC-3, Phantom 2 and others ... these books are a joy to read and search for reference in it. You will revisit this book many times as a guide after reading it the first time. Worst every penny.

A bit biased as I'm a fan of all Ian Blacks work to date , first impressions are good , great photos and detail drawings , looking forward to reading it in depth very much. Those unfamiliar with the author will be pleased to know they'd be choosing wisely to buy this or indeed any of his books.

Great service and a brilliant quality book for the price. Highly recommend this supplier

Excellent packaging and handling, love the book. A bit late on the delivery (a week behind the estimate) but overall very satisfied

Excellent quick reference book ideal for modellers of the RAF versions, published in 2014 when still in service, covers GR4.

I have just spoken to the Publishers who have confirmed that the publish date has now been put back to September 2014. I have chosen 5 Stars to draw your attention to this.

Perfect, I have brought a lot of Haynes manuals over the years, not just planes, but cars, boats, etc and also pleased with the product. Just such a shame Haynes never did one for the Honda CRX.

Another great workshop manual from Ian Black, an aircrew member of the Royal Air Force who remembers the contribution the engineers make to the operation of a high tech jet.

El libro tiene 21 cm de ancho por 28 de alto. Es de tapa dura, muy consistente, hecho para durar en perfectas condiciones durante mucho tiempo. Tiene unas 150 páginas. Fotos a color siempre. Desarrollo del libro muy equilibrado; abarca casi todos los aspectos del avión. Resulta un libro muy completo. Se divide en estos temas: historia, desarrollo, variantes, en la guerra, anatomía, motor, armamento, volar el tornado, mantenimiento, y datos técnicos. Fotos y texto repartidos al 50%. Aunque hay muchas fotos y muy variadas -y mucho texto también-, se hecha en falta más información gráfica tipo "walkaround", sobre el armamento, y sobre colores y patrones de camuflaje, así como sobre los escuadrones y usuarios, que sí puedes encontrar en el MDF de San publications. Sobra texto. Aunque no sea el libro mas colorido, es muy completo.

Libro molto bello e dettagliato, con molte immagini da poter sfruttare per costruire modellini il più fedeli possibile alla realtà. Lo scopo del mio acquisto, oltre ad essere il mio aereo preferito e voler approfondire le mie conoscenze, è proprio quello di utilizzarlo per fare modellismo. COnsigliato per gli amanti del mitico Tornado. Spedizione veloce

Es kam überpünktlich bei mir an (3 Tage vor dem vom Verkäufer angesetzten Beginn des Lieferzeitraums). Das Buch ist - von einem leicht abzuwischenden Fleck abgesehen - in SEHR gutem Zustand (hier war vom Verkäufer nur „gut“ angegeben). Ich bin hoch zufrieden mit allem, glücklich über das Buch und bedanke mich sehr!

Love these books.

As much as I generally enjoy Haynes faux "workshop manuals," this one reminds me of how sloppy the series was starting to become in 2014. I don't mean to knock the author's skill as an aerial photographer, or his RAF service, in any way. Ian Black flew the F3 model during the first Gulf War, and his passion for the aircraft knows no bounds. His photographs of Tornados "in action" and undergoing maintenance are frequently superb, and provide plenty of detail for model builders. There's a good amount of technical detail on the aircraft's systems and RB199 engines, some interesting insights into flying, arming, and maintaining the aircraft, and useful overviews of the type's variants and combat record. As detailed and visually solid as this manual is, it starts to fall apart on closer inspection. Namely, the editing is terrible and renders the book unreadable in places. The text is loaded with typos (a plane flying "map of the earth," flaps attached to the "inner wing nibs," a gun aimed with a "pr4diction sight"), and sentences tend to be bizarrely structured, or end abruptly. The annotated views of the cockpit have call-outs in the wrong locations or missing completely, with the HUD actually labeled as "????????" on page 86! Parts of the text read like an RAF recruiting pamphlet; every aspect of the aircraft is "viceless," "a dream," "virtually flawless," and so on. Descriptions of individual weapons and electronic systems are sketchy at best, something which tends to plague Haynes' other books on modern combat aircraft. Is this book worth buying? If you're a Tornado fan, or want to super-detail your model kit, I'd say yes. Despite my criticisms, there's still quite a bit of excellent material here. With a little polishing, it could have easily been a four-star title.