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Thunderbird 7 (TB-7) High Speed Mini Aircraft

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Thunderbird 7 (TB-7) is a High Speed Mini Aircraft. Kept Aboard Thunderbird 1 (TB-1) for specialized rescue operations and as escape craft. Specially designed for vertical lift-off and landing. The variable geometry wings were used for high speed aerial/inner atmosphere operation and in storage in TB-1's Starboard Wing Bay.

TB-7 and TB-8/Thunderbirds 7 and 8 are fast interceptor aircraft which can be stored either inside TB-1 or TB-2 and used as drones. The only difference between them is that TB-7 has VTOL capability.

Here shown TB-7, TB-8, and their mother ship, the TB-1.

From Thunderbirds 2086 series.

TB-7/Thunderbird 7 first action shown in Thunderbirds 2086 episode 11 "Shockwave". 

Specification TB-7: 

Crew: One (Pilot), plus one (passenger) in small jump seat.

Powerplant: 
Hybrid Twin scramjets and afterburning turbojet engines, (possibly) thrust-vectored.
Combined with multi-axis retro rockets for space flight and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operation. 
Maximum speed: Mach 2.7 in Earth Atmosphere 
Range: Classified
Length: 12 meters

Guns:
None

Bomb and Missiles:
None

Others:
Magnetic clamps for landing in any metal surfaces, such as large surface cargo ship.
Fiber optic fly-by-wire Flight Control System.
Advanced On-Board Oxygen Generation (OBOGS) system.
Multi function Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system.
Advanced Mission and Semi AI controlled remote/auto-flight Computer.
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3508x2631px 3.26 MB
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Rockyrailroad578's avatar
I still don't understand the need for any more than five Thunderbird machines. Especially since this version's Thunderbird 3 is a road vehicle.