@chessplayer100 that doesn't matter, its not an air to air fighter, its a CAS aircraft, close air support so its in the same club as aircraft like the A-10 warthog and helo's like the apache and cobra. the UK took it to the falklands in the 80's and it did very well against argentine aircraft, 24-0 in air to air combat but thats not whats its designed for, its for helping out troops on the ground and destroying ground targets so its excellent for combat and has been very successful.
Harrier is indeed a VERY difficult plane to fly, not when it's cruising, but in its hovering state. It was designed in an era when computer assisted flight was not widely available, so hovering is done mainly using pilot's skills. Modern F35 has a lot of computer augmented hovering programmes that makes hovering in F35 like playing an easy video game.
Great plane from England , saw it fly at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the last air show at the base in California . The video does not do it Justice. It is just incredible how fast it can slow down in mid flight while being chased and then back up to speed again, also how fast a oil tanker can be made into an aircraft carrier I think it took the Brit's 2 weeks when preparing for 1982 Falklands War.
@hanseykemmerer Its called "In the house - in a heartbeat" nice music, and this is a great video, i remember watching it on tv, he also went up in a Eurofighter the jammy dodger!! And his other job is presenting the best show on tv.... top gear, not a shabby life i think ;)
I remember hearing about how A-10 Warthog pilots, when strafing with their 30mm (!!) cannon in forward flight, would feel the aircraft LOSE airspeed from the constant, horrendous recoil of the cannon...and the Harrier's cannon ain't that bad either, at 25mm diameter rounds.
@4wheelerDJ, That happened because a piece of debris went through the wing of the Concorde and it exploded, nothing to do with the Concorde, its all down to the French not maintaining their runways properly. Also MrFuFighter, the Harrier Jet was British designed and built, look it up. I don't know why, but whenever Great British invents something the rest of the world claims its theirs, everything we invent is the best in the world.
All I'm saying is that Britain or France could've found lower-cost ways to improve Concorde's outdated technology if they'd wanted to. They threw away the entire concept of SST along with the Concorde fleet instead.
3 things you should know about Harrier jets, 1. They are showplanes, But there also used in battle, 2. No, MW2 did not make these up, My brother has been working on these before the game was even invented, 3. They are not very good fighters, They are on the other hand good bombers, NO THESE ARE NOT COD REFERENCES, my brothers in the marines, And he fixes these planes dailys
Not very good fighters, said an Argentine pilot bobbing around in the sea. They were invented as ground attack/recc aircraft. Sea Harrier as fleet defence. US marines envisaged war in Pacific, wanted something like the old Corsairs. Reason why they pumped money into Harrier in the 60's then later upgrades.
@jumpstartkira Lol except the part where the harrier floats around for like 10 m inutes an real harriers woudve run out of fuel doing that in like 5 minutes
Viffing was never used in actual combat, neither in the Falklands/Malvinas neither in the rest of conflicts.. in dogfight is not a much usefull maneover.. only would work to disrupt a really close enemy in the tail..but even so it will take you time to regain all that lost speed/energy ..and the enemy could iniciate a turn to get back at your tail and you cant because you have no energy and have to regain it .. its similar to the cobra.. very spectacular but in actual digfight probably not usefull (dogfights are not at 30m like in Top Gun)
every thing the british say they invented, you always find out it was made by a foreigner first, until they stole it or bought it ,and made there own version and then they say its british. very nice engineering.lol
The Harrier was the first practical VTOL aircraft and the first fast jet VTOL aircraft to enter service. The second the YAK-38 followed it into service 7 years later and was only in service just over a decade. Indian in the 1980's was purchasing mostly Russian aircraft but rejected the Yak-38 in favor of the Sea Harrier
it stand no chance against any modern airplane today! sorry, i didnt go into technology on it but i am saying it has no chance against other planes as it is a show plane and it cannot fight likes of F 36's Suk-47's Typhoons etc, thats all i said! its amazing when it takes off like an Allien craft but not the best for combat! okay Mr Genius? have a good weekend! :))
Never meant to fight other aircraft. Just like the A-10. You could lock on a A-10 with a Piper Cherokee, we did all the time in the early 90's, we would see them buzzing around our way and we would pull tight turns on them and say, that's another one down! Turning is a bad way to escape.
@@glastonbury4304 "the British made all their own" Not without the 75% of the funding provided by the US taxpayer through the MWDP in 1958 - after the British government refused to provide funding - you didn't.
If British engineering is the best in the world then why is your Concorde fleet (great aircraft up until one of them crashed from a random fluke event) sitting in a museum instead of being technologically UPGRADED such that the tragic crash wouldn't be repeated? Too expensive to upgrade or redesign? Sorry...not buying that excuse.
@gaming8 Steady on there. First of all I'm not a bedroom dweller and I am very well aware of the frustration in the UK forces about the general quality of US military personnel and their mode of operation which tends towards overkill and extreme violence - it's an attitude that is built into their system and it come from the top. My point is about the Harrier is that it is part of a wider myth of nationhood that is used by the politicians/media and multi-nationals as a convenience.
What you see in this video is not British. McDonnel Douglas took the basic Harrier and doubled the range and payload and turned it into something useful for the US the we bought it build under licence. I get so sick of all this earn't we Brits great stuff.
Basic concepts are always modified by others, if they have the money. Any one can rework and improve an idea. It's what happened with steam engines, but credit is always given to the first successful inventor. With McDonnell Harrier reliable composite construction helped a lot to reduce weight. that wasn't available with Harrier mk1.
this jet is the best for show! it cant fight other jet planes, cos it carries so little ammunition, is an 8 tone airplane compared to 20 tons the other fighter jets weigh, is burns most of its fuel when taking off! not worth to rebuild this, otherwise the russians would have made a better one than this! lol
