Virgil is the most mature and cultured of all the Tracy brothers as he is both a gifted artist and a pianist. Virgil has a great sense of humour, He and Alan are always cooking up pratical jokes between them on the other Tracy family.
Virgil is the most mature and cultured of all the Tracy brothers as he is both a gifted artist and a pianist. Virgil has a great sense of humour, He and Alan are always cooking up pratical jokes between them on the other Tracy family.
Virgil Tracy is the third or second (conflicting sources) of Jeff Tracy's five sons and the pilot of Thunderbird 2. Virgil's signature colour on his IR uniform is canary yellow.
As the third son Jeff Tracy (instigator and financier behind International Rescue), Virgil was named after a Mercury 7 astronaut called Virgil "Gus" Grissom. After studying at Denver School of Advanced Technology, he took up his role in International Rescue as principal pilot of Thunderbird 2. Besides piloting the delivery carrier of the rescue equipment he is usually called upon to operate the equipment and effect a rescue on site. Virgil occasionally pilots other Thunderbird crafts, for instance in "Ricochet", Virgil is seen piloting Thunderbird 3 on return from Thunderbird 5 after helping sort out a communications blackout that put International Rescue out of operation for a couple of hours. Virgil is as dedicated to his calling as any of his brothers. For instance, in "Terror in New Yo