Zero launched Jets Gerry Anderson Style

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Air Sea Rescue Base

Air Sea Rescue is part of the facilities at London International Airport. It was used in the hunt for Fireflash 3 in Operation Crash-Dive. Aircraft from this base was also used to trace the location of International Rescue in The Impostors. Aircraft from this base was also used to trace the shot...

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I am attach the pics as the links dont always work.
I think he may have seen this image of a Mace missile launch

 

[robunos]

I did read, somewhere, that the guy who was charge of the vehicle and aircraft designs for these shows, not only had worked for BAC, but had access to restricted information while doing so . . . so I think he would be aware of how ZELL systems worked . . .
Also, looking at your first attached picture, those ASR aircraft appear to be modified F-104 models, with new flying surfaces. Indeed, in the image that I've attached, you can see that the fin is just a flat surface, with the control surfaces drawn on . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

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Robin
thanks for the info. There is a whole site devoted to how the models were sourced

SuperM - Thunderbirds models VI

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lester.demon.nl

Probably known to you but others might find interesting.