I'm American but I have never heard anyone pronounce Tornado the way he did over and over! So for all you Brits, don't think that is how we pronounce Tornado.
There are documentaries from the 90s where that is exactly how the Brits pronounce Tornado. I think it's a kind of Americanisation that happened gradually in the UK, but nobody noticed.
@@aaronquak2139 I was born in the 1970s in the UK and was in the RAF cadet force in the 1980s, I never heard anyone pronounce it any way other than "TOR-NAY-DO" in the real world or on the TV... and I'm from the south of England were we like putting extra 'r's after 'a's.
For those thinking is strange the way he pronounces "Tornado", keep in mind that outside the English language, that is how you pronounce it. In German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. Since the Tornado is a multinational aircraft (German, British and Italian), he is pronouncing it the way the other operators do it. So is not wrong per se.
I'm glad you pointed several of the languages he could have been pulling from as he pronounced "tornado"... I'm goofy; his pronunciation brought a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado to mind. 😉
As a retired Navy aviation electrician (F-14, F/A-18), the U.S. Navy's made some seriously STUPID decisions. One being the retirement of the Intruder without a suitable replacement, the others, phasing out the Tomcat and C-2 Greyhound.
Not all Americans pronounce words exactly the same. My current neighbor was born in Scotland, speaks with a very Scottish accent. Moved here in the 60s. First thing he did after gaining citizenship, was enlist in the US Army. Went to Vietnam earned two silver stars and purple heart. No joke. Nobody gives a shit how he says "tornado".
LiamE69 Try to listen better. He said Kuwait is essentially a city state LIKE the vatican, or monaco, a country but really just a city. He did not say it was a city state the same size as the Vatican or Monaco.
I thought it was good to watch, no ego, no nationalism, just a guy that's done something most never get to do and is telling an interested person a pretty cool story. Enjoyed that, thank you. I've been watching Ross Kemp in Afghanistan today, he was with the royal marines and then make soon episodes with the US marines. Get different but the very same which I also enjoyed the comradery. British marines making football pitches for kids, us marines showing the kid baseball and the Afghan community rebuilding their school. I saw no nationalism, no ego, just humanity working together. And before someone says I should be a peace freak... No... Its not about peace, or war, it's simply just could down to life with no barriers. Big up to the USA... Big up to UK (England andb this other little pages😉) and big up to the Afghan forces but... The biggest is the children of Afghanistan. RIP RAF TORNADO.. Your service was a success (although you didn't look as cool as an f14 Haha) but that's just school boy rooms poster stuff
Although the encounter was brief this simulated mission was great. No Hawkeyes? Overall I enjoyed this brief, good video and he's 100% right aircraft do fly extremely low in combat.
@@madyogi6164 It wasn't initially German, multiple countries had similar requirements for a strike fighter and conglomerated to design & produce it. Before the consortium was formed I don't think any one country was any closer to what would become the Tornado
@@diggledoggle4192 Well - wiki says: Primary users German Air Force Italian Air Force Royal Saudi Air Force Royal Air Force (historical) And Panavia was based and registered in West Germany.
Wow! Quite the dissimilar in DACT! I wonder if the A-6E ever carried an active AIM-9L/M similar to the ones carried by the A-10 Hawg? And before Top Gun moved to NAS Fallon, there was NSAWC (?) with "Strike" and a lightning bolt painted on the tails of their A-6s & A-7Es/TA-7Cs. Now I think that NAS Fallon had an ACMI/TACTS range so I would assume that most a/c would be carrying a "Spike" pod on some rail? Did the A-6 & A-7 bump heads during this strike equivalent to Top Gun at Miramar? Or perhaps some guest "Bad Guys" from VA/VFA-127, VF-126, VFC-13, or NFWS F-5s & A-4s? I asked an A-7E Driver at an airshow in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and he said that a clean A-7 could turn quite well, BUT, it was essentially a one turn jet sans AB. Cheers! 🇨🇦🍺🇨🇦🍺🇨🇦
Tornado F3 was good at what it was designed for as well, though it took a long time to fit all the bells and whistles* originally intended for it. It was never intended to dogfight with Flankers or Fulcrums, it was designed to operate over the UK end of the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap and over the North Sea, hunting for maritime patrol aircraft, cruise missiles and maritime strike aircraft. *Datalinks, IFF systems, active-radar guided missiles.
“Wide variety of accents” he says......stop pronouncing Tornado like the word “at” is in it. That is a sharp “a” as in “matte”! Where is the US is this guy from?
You should get credible pilots to interview, that guy is talking total crap, For one thing he wouldn't be able to hear the (enemy / British) pilots talking, they would be on a different frequency, and if he thinks a ADF Tornado didn't see him … Yeah Right! Get real pilots to interview and stop pulling drunks off the street ;)
Umm, this was an exercise between allied units. But, picking up enemy radio communications is not rocket science. Turn the dial until you land on one that is speaking the enemy language.
@@theoccupier1652 Not you again? Thought you might have learnt from the last time I saw you calling BS over something you know nothing about. You remember, that time, when you made a complete tit of yourself, with the bollocks you were spouting on that Hawker Hurricane video?
I'm American but I have never heard anyone pronounce Tornado the way he did over and over! So for all you Brits, don't think that is how we pronounce Tornado.
Too late!
There are documentaries from the 90s where that is exactly how the Brits pronounce Tornado. I think it's a kind of Americanisation that happened gradually in the UK, but nobody noticed.
@@aaronquak2139 I was born in the 1970s in the UK and was in the RAF cadet force in the 1980s, I never heard anyone pronounce it any way other than "TOR-NAY-DO" in the real world or on the TV... and I'm from the south of England were we like putting extra 'r's after 'a's.
@@Akm72 Huh! Perhaps it was a in-joke Tornado drivers had during Granby
He pronounces it more like a german would
For those thinking is strange the way he pronounces "Tornado", keep in mind that outside the English language, that is how you pronounce it. In German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
Since the Tornado is a multinational aircraft (German, British and Italian), he is pronouncing it the way the other operators do it. So is not wrong per se.
Good job they weren't flying Jaguars.
I'm glad you pointed several of the languages he could have been pulling from as he pronounced "tornado"... I'm goofy; his pronunciation brought a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado to mind. 😉
I really like this guy! you can tell he was just loving all this unfolding around him, what a story man😀 peace and love from England
Alot of people dont realise what a good strike aircraft the A-6 Intruder was. It was a sad day when they retired that airplane.....
It was a bomb truck with a huge capability. The US Navy really has not regained that since that aircraft retired.
my fav US navy bomber ... ever since I saw flight of the intruder ........ think its just above Corsair II
Aeroplane
Not to mention the Tornahdo
As a retired Navy aviation electrician (F-14, F/A-18), the U.S. Navy's made some seriously STUPID decisions. One being the retirement of the Intruder without a suitable replacement, the others, phasing out the Tomcat and C-2 Greyhound.
Great story, as a "Brit" hearing you massacre the word Tornado over and over was difficult though 😂
Even as an American it was difficult hearing him pronounce Tornado. I have never heard anyone say it like that lol
Given that this is the land of tornadoes, how the hell does he not know how to pronounce that?
@@mikearmstrong8483 😂
In the '90s, "Tornado" as in the fighter was very often pronounced tor-NAH-do. You can see it in documentaries from that era.
@@aaronquak2139
A tor-NAH-do is a tex-mex snack, resembling a taquito, that is found overcooked and dry in a quickie-mart.
Man i love these war/ war game stories! makes my senses to ballistic!
A-6 still a badass!
Not all Americans pronounce words exactly the same. My current neighbor was born in Scotland, speaks with a very Scottish accent. Moved here in the 60s. First thing he did after gaining citizenship, was enlist in the US Army. Went to Vietnam earned two silver stars and purple heart. No joke.
Nobody gives a shit how he says "tornado".
Got to love American geography.
Kuwait is 40,000 times the size of Vatican City.
@@briancooper2112 don't get so worked up
LiamE69 Once I was sitting next to an American on a plane who thought the Sydney Harbour Bridge connected Sydney and Auckland.
@@SuperEdge67 That would be a very impressive bridge indeed.
LiamE69 Yep its over 2000 kilometres!
LiamE69 Try to listen better. He said Kuwait is essentially a city state LIKE the vatican, or monaco, a country but really just a city. He did not say it was a city state the same size as the Vatican or Monaco.
I thought it was good to watch, no ego, no nationalism, just a guy that's done something most never get to do and is telling an interested person a pretty cool story. Enjoyed that, thank you. I've been watching Ross Kemp in Afghanistan today, he was with the royal marines and then make soon episodes with the US marines. Get different but the very same which I also enjoyed the comradery. British marines making football pitches for kids, us marines showing the kid baseball and the Afghan community rebuilding their school. I saw no nationalism, no ego, just humanity working together. And before someone says I should be a peace freak... No... Its not about peace, or war, it's simply just could down to life with no barriers. Big up to the USA... Big up to UK (England andb this other little pages😉) and big up to the Afghan forces but... The biggest is the children of Afghanistan. RIP RAF TORNADO.. Your service was a success (although you didn't look as cool as an f14 Haha) but that's just school boy rooms poster stuff
Although the encounter was brief this simulated mission was great. No Hawkeyes? Overall I enjoyed this brief, good video and he's 100% right aircraft do fly extremely low in combat.
Nice story but his pronunciation of Tornado was killing me
Agreed!
But that's how it's said. Tornado GR4... It's a German plane... (EDIT: at least initially was)
@@madyogi6164 It wasn't initially German, multiple countries had similar requirements for a strike fighter and conglomerated to design & produce it. Before the consortium was formed I don't think any one country was any closer to what would become the Tornado
@@diggledoggle4192 Well - wiki says:
Primary users German Air Force
Italian Air Force
Royal Saudi Air Force
Royal Air Force (historical)
And Panavia was based and registered in West Germany.
The same way Italians pronounce it ! It was great ! 😬
The way he pronounces it is a cut of beef rather than a plane!
Where did this guy learn to pronounce Tornado?
His pronunciation of Tornado seems Hispanic. That would fit with the Paco title.
In Germany
Tornado was a multinational project.
He uses the German pronunciation
Wish I was there to see that!
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Wow! Quite the dissimilar in DACT! I wonder if the A-6E ever carried an active AIM-9L/M similar to the ones carried by the A-10 Hawg?
And before Top Gun moved to NAS Fallon, there was NSAWC (?) with "Strike" and a lightning bolt painted on the tails of their A-6s & A-7Es/TA-7Cs.
Now I think that NAS Fallon had an ACMI/TACTS range so I would assume that most a/c would be carrying a "Spike" pod on some rail?
Did the A-6 & A-7 bump heads during this strike equivalent to Top Gun at Miramar? Or perhaps some guest "Bad Guys" from VA/VFA-127, VF-126, VFC-13, or NFWS F-5s & A-4s?
I asked an A-7E Driver at an airshow in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and he said that a clean A-7 could turn quite well, BUT, it was essentially a one turn jet sans AB.
Cheers! 🇨🇦🍺🇨🇦🍺🇨🇦
TornAARRRRdos.... lol
Americans will find a way to mispronounce any word 😂
I believe it is pronounced "Tornavocados"
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The Tornado F4 was the best at what it was designed for before our dumped them just like our Harriers the F3 not so much
Tornado F3 was good at what it was designed for as well, though it took a long time to fit all the bells and whistles* originally intended for it. It was never intended to dogfight with Flankers or Fulcrums, it was designed to operate over the UK end of the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap and over the North Sea, hunting for maritime patrol aircraft, cruise missiles and maritime strike aircraft.
*Datalinks, IFF systems, active-radar guided missiles.
There was no such thing as Tornado F4
*GR.4
Tornado ?? 😂
“Wide variety of accents” he says......stop pronouncing Tornado like the word “at” is in it. That is a sharp “a” as in “matte”! Where is the US is this guy from?
You should get credible pilots to interview, that guy is talking total crap,
For one thing he wouldn't be able to hear the (enemy / British) pilots talking, they would be on a different frequency, and if he thinks a ADF Tornado didn't see him … Yeah Right!
Get real pilots to interview and stop pulling drunks off the street ;)
Umm, this was an exercise between allied units. But, picking up enemy radio communications is not rocket science. Turn the dial until you land on one that is speaking the enemy language.
FFS sake mate, sort it out will ya. Honestly why dose the human race keep producing people like you? SMDH
@@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM Yawn!
@@theoccupier1652 Not you again? Thought you might have learnt from the last time I saw you calling BS over something you know nothing about. You remember, that time, when you made a complete tit of yourself, with the bollocks you were spouting on that Hawker Hurricane video?
Every one for safety gets on the same freq.
Idiot.