AV-8B Harrier Pre-flight, Conventional Takeoff & Landing. 

the best looking plane ever built ...Something sinister and beautiful about this plane I cant describe it ..

My favorite air show airplane. The Harrier is fantastic to watch perform maneuvers.

I have had the great pleasure of serving in VMA-513 and witness probably *the funniest crash in Marine Corp aviation history* . AV8A Low on fuel and circling because the crosswind component was far to high to do a conventional landing. The pilot is telling tower and ground that he did not have the fuel to circle much longer and was going to do a cross field approach and vertical landing. Now remember, the reason for this was the fuel was dangerously low but it takes more fuel to land vertically than conventionally. Anyway, pilot comes in across the field low and transitions the nozzles and gets decelerated to almost 0/0 when the fuel runs out. The bird is about 25 feet in the air, and just drops out of the sky and slams into the ground collapsing the gear but the gun pods (as was the case for wheels up landings in the AV8A) did not get shoved up into the fuselage. But this is not the funny part. The crash truck approached at high speed from behind the AC on the ground (into the wind) and started blowing foam despite the fact that the reason for the crash was no fuel. The foam though was going into a headwind and blew back and obstructed the driver's vision, and the AV8A is a small aircraft and looks even smaller when it is on the ground wheels up, so the driver misjudged his distance and hit the bird with considerable speed and totaled the airframe. The pilot had managed to get free of the AC before the crash truck hit it, so no one was injured. For the spectators though (and I monitored the tower comms so we were all out on the apron watching because it was a friend out there in trouble) it was pretty funny. I mean it wasn't our money. We almost always laughed at crazy Harrier stuff. (Later, we did lose an AV8A in a training run. Pilot flew into the water. Target Fixation was ruled to be the probable cause. They recovered scraps for weeks to try to do forensics on it. Covered half of a hanger floor. Pilot was essentially ground up to nothing because in an AV8A, you are sitting a couple of feet in front of the biggest food processor blade ever put into a fighter jet. That is not meant to be funny, it is meant to say that flying in an attack aircraft is dangerous stuff.

It always amazes me how small this magnificent and unique jet is compared to other modern fighters... But I'd love to own one 🙂🙂🙂

Excellent piece of engineering.

one of the most awesome jets.. I want to see it take off vertically

I worked at the factory where these were made, along with the early Typhoon. To this day the Harrier is the most inspirational aircraft I have ever seen up close

Beautiful¡¡¡ thank you.

Magnificent machine. Semper Fi

Duct taping part was hilarious. and the guy with his hands feeling a live and running jet intake was equally mind-numbing.

Muchas gracias, he aprendido mucho por medio de sus aportes.

This aircraft ia simply awesome

Built new generation of harrier..such cool birds.

That looked like MCAS Yuma. Wonder if the ground crews still have their "parties" and 24/7, no-holds-barred airsoft wars..... I kid, the Jarines and Navy folks at Yuma were some of the most friendly, professional, and straight-shooting folks to work alongside I've ever known, especially if you're an Army visitor to their post. Always a pleasure to watch AV-8's and A-10's in action. The two planes that always show up on-time/on-target to deliver the goods for the grunts in contact on the ground.

Amazing video, congratulations!

Para me, da classe, ainda é o melhor; em pouso e decolagem!

Semper Fi my brothers!!!

Love the sound of Harrier when Pegasus engine spools up to Vertical takeoff power.

Thank you for your service.

EXCELENTE VIDEO.

I admire the ground crew for being so relaxed passing near the engine intake without worries, i would be very nervous.

Amazing British technology and aircraft

gambiarra na aviação militar! isto é incrível!

MT bom jatos de caça com funções múltiplas seria possível decolar verticalmente em porta aviões de última geraçâo...??

what an airplane!!

Fascinating aircraft anyway!

Thank you to the t'ime groupes landings.

great landing!!

Lindo avión de combate, pero, pensaba que despegaría y aterrizaría de forma vertical. Saludos desde Chile.🇨🇱🇬🇧

Maybe it's a USAF Regulation I was used to ,but we always had to steer way clear of engine intakes and that Harrier has a Helluva Intake!!

Super work

Olá é legal ver o herrers voando na vertical e na horizontal é de mais ok

So proud to be British, thanks England for giving us the harrier jumpjet, british engineering at its finest

Sure looks like the ground crew gets close to the intakes!

Great job

awesome

I miss you AV-8B from thailand🇹🇭

Beautiful masterpiece of jet❤😎

Sigue siendo un super avion!!!!

How much weight it can carry while flying?

I don't understand the big missile like structure on the Harrier wings beside the small missiles

It will be a sad day when the last of these amazing aircraft are retired from service. The F-35B may have the same and more capabilities than the Harrier, but it will never have the same iconic legacy that the Harrier has.

Wonderful Airplane!

Looked like the ground crew support guy conducted a "100 hour inspection." Did I see a ground crew member using Duct Tape on the tail fin area of that ordinance

the takeoff appears to be the technique they use on a ship; horizontal thrust to get moving; a short takeoff run, partial vertical thrust to get into the air. The landing looks like it was also a "hybrid"; horizontal velocity combined with some significant vertical thrust. The approach doesn't look like it was flown at speeds necessary for entirely wing-borne flight. Interesting.

Eso sta maravilloso

what exactly version of Harier it is ?, there is no laser in de nose ? is it version with radar ?

Harriers do conventional take off runs when loaded with bombs drop tanks etc, anything to save fuel. VTOL ops only done on front lines

It’s criminal that the RAF doesn’t operate this fantastic British aeroplane

Complimenti per il video

Thankyou to uplouads.

QUE CHIDO!!!!

Pre-flight = duct taping the plane 😊

Ive got one in my photo LOVE THEM 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

c'est fabuleux ce que vous projette comme video

Kumar Rathod

Only the Best Marine Pilot can fly an AV-8B Harrier

Na witness ko ang vertical take off at landing ng jet na yan when i was in Jubail , Saudi Arabia. Grabe ang sound ng engine sobrang lakas during Gulf war yon 1991

amazing

01:20 duct tape fixes anything, even the super-hi tech brithish tecnology, no shit!💥😂

duct tape...love it!

Beautifull plane

Excellent

I SOOO miss working on this bird. MDC ship number 297.

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم القوه لله الواحد القهار

still an incredible aircraft

Awesome and true responsibilities

wasn't he just a little bit too close from the air intake?

Someone posted the Eurofighter Typhoon resembles a catfish...I think the AV-8B looks like a mudskipper; look them up.

At 7:06 mark, what shade of dark blue is that on the topside of the wings? In other words, what is the 595 C federal standard (FS) number for that dark blue paint?

HOLY SHIT !!! Did not realize what a tiny thing this is, even compare to Jaguar or F16. It's go kart size... and is that duct tape? I know it's effective though.. I like smaller fighters..

1:20 "Look, Mom, I've fixed it!" Duct tape fixes anything }-)) LOL

1:20 sticky tape on jet? not a good idea.

Good day ✌️👍🏽💯✈️

WoW, The aircraft looks nearly as heavy as the pilot is!

why is the guy touching it all over, feeling the heat?

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Really a unique fighter

nice

Kelamaan prepare-nya keburu musuhnya datang..😁

Looks like Yuma. WTI 2X 1980.

Yester day was 6:59 pm i seen to this on the sky pan north

It seems like spaceships are they? when they float like the helicopters they are so amazing... had they already encountered or chased spaceships in their whole lives while they were flying with their planes?... please have a response to my curiosity... if there are....

😱 My god, he is almost putting his arm into the turbine/air-intakes 😬 Talking about balls of steel 😅

Designed and developed in UK. Made in USA.

It's a shame the start sequence was cut, from an andio point of view this was the most interesting.

Nice

👍

Duct tape with built in stealth technology,buy one get one free.

The high frequency sound of the Pegasus engine is comfortable.

Good video

Pure sex! I love Harriers, and I was sad the Brits decommissioned theirs.

No Guerra.. No caças 🍸💜🍺...Brasiĺ..

so good

Nice video

Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, X, L1, L1, Down, Up

4:18 when a noob gets dcs and they have no clue how to turn off the parking brake

Can't wait can't wait!

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My dream is fly that airplane in real life :) Or just touch it.