author : Sam Denham

From around the globe the call goes out to the world’s most advanced rescue organisation.

With its fleet of incredible Thunderbirds craft piloted by the heroic Tracy brothers, International Rescue is equipped to carry out the most dangerous rescues imaginable.

On his secluded Pacific island base, commander Jeff Tracy can launch the Thunderbirds craft from their secret hangars at a moment’s notice, and his team can call on a range of specialised equipment designed by ‘Brains’, the genius inventor, to complete otherwise impossible tasks.

But this incredible organisation could not have been created without the help of a worldwide network of agents, secretly engaged to ensure its continued successful and efficient operation.

For their use International Rescue has officially authorised Haynes Publishing to produce this confidential Agents’ Technical Manual.

This updated edition, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Gerry Anderson series, includes seven new cutaway drawings. In it agents will find:
• A personal introduction by International Rescue’s founder and commander in chief, Jeff Tracy.
• Background information about the amazing technological and scientific achievements of the late 21st century.
• A history of the creation of International Rescue.
• Fully detailed and comprehensively annotated cutaway drawings of all the major Thunderbirds craft, specialised rescue vehicles and Tracy Island installations, plus seven of the 21st-century vehicles featured in Thunderbirds rescues, by renowned cutaway artist Graham Bleathman.
• Profile illustrations of all the Thunderbirds craft by original Thunderbirds production artist Mike Trim, plus further illustrations by CGI artist and film-maker Chris Thompson.
• Mission Files relating all major International Rescue call-outs.