Thunderbird 3

launch sequence

Alan and Virgil Tracy with Tin-Tin between them sit on a settee in Tracy villa's living room

Alan and Virgil Tracy with Tin-Tin between them sit on a settee in Tracy villa's living room, the settee descends through the floor

Alan and Virgil Tracy with Tin-Tin between them sit on a settee in Tracy villa's living room, the settee descends through the floor

Alan and Virgil Tracy with Tin-Tin between them sit on the settee which descends through a chute

low angle view of a large room with machinery and gantries along the walls, the settee descending on a hydraulic piston while an identical one moves upward in the same manner

low angle view of a large room with machinery and gantries along the walls, the settee descending on a hydraulic piston while an identical one moves upward in the same manner

Virgil Tracy stands in the Tracy villa living room and watches as a settee rises up through the floor

low angle view of a large room with machinery and gantries along the walls, the settee resting on a bogie

low angle view of a large room with machinery and gantries along the walls, the bogie with the settee moving to the left

side POV of the bogie with the settee moving right to left through a tunnel

3/4 POV of the bogie exiting the tunnel into a large room with gantires an machinery along the walls, at the left one of the supports for Thunderbird 3's engine nacelles is visible

3/4 POV of the bogie moving under Thunderbird 3's bottom past a support for its engine nacelle

3/4 POV of the settee being raised on a hydraulic piston

3/4 POV of the settee being raised on a hydraulic piston

3/4 low angle view of the hydraulic piston disappearing in Thunderbird 3's fuselage

3/4 top view of the settee with Alan and Virgil Tracy, Tin-Tin seated between them, rising through the floor of Thunderbird 3's cockpit

3/4 top view of the settee with Alan and Virgil Tracy, Tin-Tin seated between them, rising through the floor of Thunderbird 3's cockpit

3/4 low angle view of the hydraulic piston being retracted from Thunderbird 3's fuselage

3/4 low angle view of the hydraulic piston being retracted from Thunderbird 3's fuselage

POV of the round house

POV of Thunderbird 3's engines igniting

POV of Thunderbird 3 lifting off

POV of the round house, Thunderbird 3's nose cone is just visible

POV of the round house, Thunderbird 3 is rising through it

POV of the round house, Thunderbird 3 is rising through it with engines blazing

POV of the round house, Thunderbird 3 is rising through it with engines blazing

POV of the round house, Thunderbird 3 is rising through it with engines blazing

low angle view of Thunderbird 3 ascending, entering the frame from below

low angle view of Thunderbird 3 ascending with engines blazing, exiting the frame at the top

view of the Earth from space, heat distortion from Thunderbird 3's exhaust visible at top left

Slide shows

Thunderbirds tv series

Opening titles · Closing titles

Thunderbird 1 launch · Thunderbird 2 launch · Thunderbird 3 launch · Thunderbird 4 launch

Thunderbird 2 crash · ViewMaster reel

Thunderbirds Are GO!

opening titles · dream sequence · closing titles

Thunderbird 1 launch · Thunderbird 2 launch · Thunderbird 3 launch

Zero-X launch · Zero-X crash

Thunderbird Six

opening titles · closing titles

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