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*** For Thunderbird 1 Scott uses a [[BookcasePassage revolving wall]] and an extending gantry transports him to the ship which then travels along a rail until it's underneath the island's swimming pool which retracts to let it launch vertically.
*** For Thunderbird 2 Virgil leans against part of the wall which tilts back putting him onto a slide that eventually deposits him right into the pilot seat. A conveyor belt them poisitons the correct cargo pod underneath the ship which lowers down onto it. Outside part of the cliff face lowers down revealing the hangar and the palm trees fall over allowing Thunderbird 2 to taxi onto the runway which tilts up to give it an angled take off.
*** For Thunderbird 3 Alan (and any passengers) sit on the couch which goes down through the floor into a hangar (with an identical couch coming up to replace it), the couch then travels on a rail until it is underneath Thunderbird 3 where a piston lifts it up into the main cabin where it remains to provide additional seating. The ship then takes off vertically, passing through a doughnut-shaped part of the house.
*** Thunderbird 4 was generally deployed from one of Thunderbird 2's cargo pods. However, on the occasions where it was deployed directly from the island it used the same exit door and runway as Thunderbird 2 with the end of the runway dipping into the ocean to provide a ramp.
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** ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' each Thunderbird (except for 5 for [[SpaceStation obvious reasons]]) had its own launching sequence which included the pilot going through some sort of secret passage to get to their craft.

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