Lights! Camera! Disaster! The Century 22 Film Studio in the Nevada desert was in the midst of shooting their latest disaster movie, Brink of Destruction, when a special effects sequence involving pyrotechnics got desperately out of hand. The miniature explosions were much more powerful than expected and within seconds, the studio roof was ablaze. The heavy wooden beams crisscrossing the …

International Rescue, the top secret organisation dedicated to saving lives wherever they may be in distress, was set up by multimillionaire and ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy and his five sons. Based on a small island in the South Pacific, the courageous Tracy family are always ready to swing into action at a moment’s notice, launching the fabulous Thunderbird rescue craft on …

September 30th, a day that would go down as one of the most challenging International Rescue ever faced. It was almost midday when John Tracy received the first emergency call. A diver had been exploring a deep reef network and had become trapped in an air-pocket with a damaged scuba tank. John was in the midst of relaying the information …

Thunderbird Four broke the surface a little way from the floating green Pod and was quickly winched back into position inside. Gordon, still in his scuba gear, made his way to the edge of the river and climbed out onto the jetty. Scott, Orchard and McGill raced across the rickety wooden boards towards him as he showed them the precious …

Rex Tucker fought desperately with the controls of the light aircraft. Try as he might, they barely responded. The radio had been the first thing to fail and he had been unable to send a distress call. He was in serious trouble. The nose of the craft dipped lower and the blazing orange-brown surface of the Nevada desert began to …

An automated alert sounded from the main console indicating Thunderbird 3 was aligned with the guidance beams above the round house.  Alan Tracy flicked a control switch and the descent motors roared into life, gently lowering the 287-foot tall rocket into the secret underground silo. As the three huge boosters came to rest on their landing pads, the extractor system …

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS REPORT From his aerial vantage point in Thunderbird Two, Virgil saw the horror unfolding below. “Scott! Gordon’s in trouble! I’m going in!” Without waiting for an acknowledgement, Virgil banked the freighter ship hard to one side.  With motors screaming, he sent it hurtling towards the deadly lava flow, which had almost reached the Firefly. The touch of …

High above the Earth, Thunderbird Five hung like a silver spinning top in geosynchronous orbit thousands of kilometres above Tracy Island’s highest peak. Inside the control room, Jeff Tracy’s youngest son Alan raced to the receiver array as the distress call indicator pulsated with a reddish glow. The speakers crackled into life and a tense voice spoke, “Calling International Rescue! …

It was another beautiful day in the South Atlantic, where International Rescue’s secret island base sat innocently in the clear blue waters. Inside, however, Geoff Tracey sat with a tense expression on his face. John had just called in from Thunderbird 5, the huge orbiting spaceship. It meant trouble, big trouble. A large volcano was erupting on the remote tropical …

“Flight DT-13, you are clear to land. Welcome to London!” said the Deputy Controller with a voice that was equal measure cheerful and efficient. He clicked off the transmitter and turned to his superior. “12 hundred hours, Sir.” “Thank you, Stevens.” Commander Norman had been watching the approaching flight through a pair of binoculars. He moved across to the emergency …