The JT1 Condor (known as the Condor XL6 in Supermarionation Cross-Sections, and simply called Jeff Tracy's two-man jet in Thunderbirds FAB Cross-Sections) is Jeff Tracy's personal aircraft - a supersonic/VTOL/delta-wing jet.
It's featured in Atlantic Inferno.
Technical Data[]
- Armaments: none
- Endurance: 21 hours without refuelling
- Height: 6.20 metres
- Length: 22 metres
- Power: Tracy Aerospace TB505 Turbojet, 3 vertical-take-off ramjets, tail-mounted ramjet
- Personnel capacity: 4
- Range: 4800 kilometres
- Service ceiling: 20,000 metres
- Top speed: in excess of Mach 3
- Weight: 9,200 kilograms
- Weight with fuel: 12,780 kg
- Wingspan: 12.6 metres
Cutaway Drawings[]
- Main article: History of the Cutaway Drawings (Classic Thunderbirds)
As far as is known, only two cutaway drawings of the JT1 Condor exist. Both were illustrated by Graham Bleathman. The first appeared in Redan Thunderbirds Comic, issue 56, and the second featured in the Haynes Thunderbirds manual.
Trivia[]
- Exactly what the designation JT1 represents, is unknown. JT for Jeff Tracy, presumably; with the number 1 (one) added, simply for effect? (Or a prototype, perhaps...)
- The JT1 Condor (with Jeff, Brains and a certain uninvited "houseguest" aboard) makes an appearance in the comic-book story Tracy Island Exposed.
- With Alan and Brains aboard, it also briefly appears in the comic-book story Atlantic Tunnel.
Gallery[]
Lift-off!
Almost home: flying over the Tracy Villa
Condor in flight
Jeff at the controls, in the cockpit
(Gum card)
