The Harrier jump jet, the first jet airliner Comet and the only supersonic airliner Concord. Britain used to be world leaders in aeroplane development. Shame we don't make anything anymore 😕
I always thought the harrier was a sub par airframe. Then good old Margaret said “Can you chaps go and take back our islands”. And it turns out the harrier does exactly what it was designed for, very, very well. The falklands highlighted, you need a quick reaction force with this type of capability.
The Harrier might not have been a "great" aircraft, but I rarely heard about any of them getting SHOT DOWN or failing to complete their missions. Even the U.S. Marines used them, and the British sure used them well to kick the CRAP out of argentina during the Falklands War.
Most wonderful documentary coverage video about vertical taking off & landing down ( British designed Harrier aircraft's) shared by excellent (Mike Guardia )channel ...video explained its characteristics its two versions ( sea Harrier & airforce Harrier) in additional of focusing on its designs historical backgrounds...this excellent aircraft's found in ( Britain 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸, Germany 🇩🇪 & Spain 🇪🇸)..Mike Guardia channel always selecting Excellent subjects..
"Britain 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸, Germany 🇩🇪 & Spain 🇪🇸"(sic) Italy not Germany. The Germans participated in the TES but never operated either the Harrier or Harrier II.
