Throughout Sonic the Comic, Tails has piloted his own bi-plane. It is painted red with a white stripe across each side, with the word 'Sonic' emblazoned on the tail. The plane has no weaponry and is only used for transport. Sonic often rides standing on the top wing. On occasion, the plane has been seen to have two seats, since Johnny Lightfoot piloted it with Amy Rose as passenger. Four people have once squashed into it, with Tails transporting Knuckles the Echidna, Porker Lewis and Amy from the falling Floating Island. Towards the end of Sonic the Comic, the plane was replaced by a purple design, similar to the Tornado 2 from Sonic Adventure. This plane has been continuously used by Tails in Sonic the Comic Online.

Trivia

• Tails pilots this same plane in many of the Sonic video games. In the games, the plane is called the Tornado. It has no name in STC. This could be because that the plane was not named in the American or European releases of any of the Sonic games until the Dreamcast era.
• It has never been explained how Tails came by this plane. In both Sonic Adventure and the Sonic X anime, it has been stated that it is actually Sonic's (though not how Sonic acquired it). In the Archie Sonic comics, Tails built the plane himself.
• Tails has had at least three, as they both appeared in Attack on the Death Egg. One of them was destroyed in Running Wild by Super Sonic and another was abandoned during a Badnik ambush in Shady Characters. One of his new planes was lost on the Death Carrier.
• The plane was given its official name of the Tornado in the story "Sky Chase". It also returned to its classic colour scheme of red and white.

Appearances

• Issue 6 - Attack on the Death Egg
• Issue 7 - Super Sonic
• Issue 15 - cover
• Issue 17 - Sonic the Human! (as a model in Erin's bedroom)
• Issue 20 - Hill Top Terror
• Issue 25 and Issue 27 - The Sonic Terminator
• Issue 33 to Issue 34 - Enter Knuckles
• Issue 35 to Issue 36 - Power of the Chaos Emeralds
• Issue 37 - Robotnik's Revenge
• Issue 44 - Badniks Bridge
• Issue 47 - Mystery of the Sandopolis Zone
• Issue 53 - Disaster!
• Issue 81 - Running Wild
• Issue 104 to Issue 105 - Flickies' Island
• Issue 113 - The Detour
• Issue 114 - Crisis in the Chemical Plant Zone
• Issue 115 - Weather Beaten
• Issue 123 - Order & Chaos
• Issue 127 - Fog Warning
• Issue 131 - Shady Characters
• Issue 133 - Sun-Trap
• Issue 141 - The Skeleton Crew
• Issue 149 - Forbidden Island
• Issue 151 - Northern Frights
• Issue 177 - Night Terrors!
• Issue 178 - Splash-Down!
• Issue 228 - The Syndicate
• Issue 235 - Two Roads Diverged
• Issue 238 - The Sky is Falling
• Issue 251 - Monsters on the Miracle Planet
• Issue 258 and Issue 259 - Sky Chase