HobbyBoss 1/48 PANAVIA Tornado ADV Long-range fighter kit 80355The origins of the Tornado design date back to 1968. It was then that the trinational PANAVIA consortium was established in order to implement the project known as MRCA (Multi Role Combat Aircraft). On September 14, 1974, the flight of the first prototype took place and the construction of the first 640 ordered aircraft began, with production split in such a way that Germany and Great Britain each completed 42. 5%, and Italy 15% of the order. Tornado