The Rise & Fall of the Harrier Jump Jet

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The Harrier jump jet was a unique, and to many iconic aircraft, one that could take off, hover and land like a helicopter but fly like a fast jet. Although many tried to build their own version, none other than the Soviet version, the YAK-38 lasted more that 15 years, the Harrier which is still in use 55 years after it first flew but just not in England, the country that created it. This is the rise and fall of the Harrier jump jet.
Written researched and presented by Paul Shillito
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@beefgoat80 2 дня назад

As an American, the retiring of the Harrier is probably the British version of when the F-14 was retired. No one wanted to see it go, but it had been long since time. 😢

@andersjjensen 2 дня назад

People still argue that the F-14 should have had a complete overhaul package and remained in service.

@AWMJoeyjoejoe 2 дня назад

It wasn't really due for retirement. It was retired because of defence cuts and left the navy without fixed wing capability for nearly a decade. It was short sighted and foolish and was typical of the government of the time.

@beefsuprem0241 2 дня назад

@@AWMJoeyjoejoe Typical of every government we've had Tbh 😂

@repairdroid77 2 дня назад

@andersjjensen The major issue with the F-14 was maintenance to flight hours. Roughly fourty hours in the shop for every flight hour depending on service required. Plus the design had lots of assemblies that had to be removed just to get to other assemblies. And that's after pulling access panels. Also bundles of cables had to be moved or disconnected to do that same task. My uncle used to hate working on them. The aircraft was awesome to look at but an absolute nightmare to service according to him.

@tommo9757 2 дня назад

@@repairdroid77Sounds like the old Lightning the RAF used to have. Because the engines were stacked vertically, if you wanted to change the bottom engine, you had to take out the top one first. 🙄

@PhilipReeder 2 дня назад

In 1969, while in the family car in north St. Louis County near Lambert Airport with my father and sister, we noticed something above the highway that seemed to be hovering. At first we thought it was a helicopter, but then as we got closer, realized it wasn't. It was a Saturday afternoon, sunny and clear. The "craft" was orange and white and extremely loud. We were on N. Lindbergh Ave, which was a major overpass with a lot of traffic. The plane was maybe a hundred feet above one of the cloverleaf sections and the pilot was clearly visible. Every car in all directions slowed or stopped to watch this unbelievable sight. Seeing a helicopter hovering was nothing, but this plane just sat there above us nearly motionless. We and all around had never seen anything like it. Eventually it increased power and flew away. When we returned home and told the rest of our family what we had seen, including my mother, they laughed at us and thought we made it up. It wasn't until many years later while looking at a Signal - "Harrier in Action" publication that I saw on the back cover - artwork showing the Harrier in its McDonnell Douglas test paint scheme, from that period, that I realized what the aircraft was.

@GleichUmDieEcke 2 дня назад

I went to college in St Louis, and I'm trying to imagine what a sight that would be even today.

@Bow-to-the-absurd 2 дня назад

Thats a bloody cool story.

@yootoobnz8109 2 дня назад

That is so awesome! Thanks for the memory :-) The first time I ever saw my very first jet plane was just days before my fourth birthday, at the opening of the Auckland airport at Mangere NZ in 1966. I remember our family all arriving and getting out of the car, while seeing Vampires doing a big loop above us. I was dumbstruck, never seen anything like that before! Of course I never knew what they were at the time, but always remembered the distinctive twin tail booms. The next time I saw a military jet was the same day I first saw snow as a kid. I remember lying on my back, spreadeagled on a pile of snow on Mt Ruapehu, looking over to Mt Ngauruhoe (topped with brown ash from a recent eruption). In my tiny farm gumboots, I remember being quite embarrassed and frightened, as I was sure I was going to get into big trouble, because having come straight from the farm, I was making dirty footprints in the pure white snow! Shortly after, I had just slid down a long slope of snow on a sheet of black polythene, and had come a cropper. I was laughing and laughing, and this dark triangle wooshed past high overhead, far too noisy for its tiny size. Years later, I figured out it was most probably an RNZAF A4 Skyhawk, but to me at that age it was as alien as, well, a flying saucer ;-)

@SmoochyRoo День назад

Aww man imagine being such an early witness to an aircraft's operational life

@PhilipReeder День назад

@SmoochyRoo I was actually very surprised when the video stated that the USMC was beginning its first inquiries into the Harrier in *1964!* That was the year I was born! 😆

@JMMC1005 3 дня назад

"Rise and fall" - I see what you did there.

@BigMobe 3 дня назад

They aren't called "North Carolina Lawn Darts" for just any reason.

@JohnnyWednesday 3 дня назад

I don't get it

@TheOtherSteel 2 дня назад

You've stolen my line. 😂

@louithrottler 2 дня назад

Plane and simple

@lughscanlan 2 дня назад

@@JohnnyWednesdaythe Harrier jet literally takes off and lands in a way that can be described as “rise and fall”.

@jake9705 3 дня назад

Watch enough videos of Harriers landing vertically and the landings will seem quite abrupt, maybe even painful for the pilot. This is by design: the Harrier often flipped upside-down right before touching down during vertical landings. Sadly, many pilots lost their lives to this unknown danger because they'd be crushed in the cockpit. After the deaths, vertical landing protocol was changed. Harrier pilots were instructed to massively reduce thrust and drop down to deck before the dangerous flip-over, ground effect phenomenon could happen.

@andrasbiro3007 День назад

Play enough Kerbal Space Program, and this will be painfully familiar. Perfect soft touchdown, then your craft bounces back and flips over, and you are too surprised and disoriented to do anything. Don't even need ground effect. A tiny amount of horizontal speed is enough to push the plane out of balance when the wheels touch down, and the spring in the landing gear is enough to push it back up in the air. Plus if you are reducing your vertical speed while touching down, which is what you do instinctively, that means you are accelerating upward, so if you don't cut the engines, you'll bounce back and keep flying up, uncontrolled. And to make it worse, jet engines have a lot of inertia, their thrust changes slowly. The fix is the same in the game, cut the engines a second or two before touchdown.

@RobertHawthorne 3 дня назад

I worked with a US Marine helicopter squadron in the middle 70's. I remembered the Harrier when the Marines started using them being called internally the "Widow Maker". The only issue with the Harrier in those days was the piolet had a lot to do, correctly, getting off the ground and back down. One little mistake or slow reaction was deadly.

@user-kc1tf7zm3b 2 дня назад

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Much better. Used by Australia. 🦘

@Jerakeen2826 2 дня назад

I don't recall the RAF pilots having any problems of that nature when I was on 3(f) Sqn in Gutersloh

@MostlyPennyCat 2 дня назад

@@RobertHawthorne The Harrier2 avionics and the Mk100 engines solved a lot of these issues.

@Gurumeierhans 5 часов назад

@@user-kc1tf7zm3b I like apple juice

@Knightboat99 3 дня назад

Excellent video, I worked on the UK Harriers (mainly GR7/9 T10/12) for 15 years right up to the bitter end in December 2010 and was there at RAF Cottesmore for the final flight, a sadly missed amazing machine..

@devlin7575 2 дня назад

Nice of you to share. For what’s it’s worth I watched from my university lecture hall in London the flight of two harriers across the capital in 1996 / 1997 as a ‘farewell flight’ to its chief engineer (?) who had passed away.

@hazchemel 2 дня назад

You're right, it can't be ignored, and it stands almost alone in a singular category. Watching them take off and land is pretty gripping? Which part or system of the Harrier was your terrain?

@MostlyPennyCat 3 дня назад

With a father serving on HMS Invincible during the 90s, Pegasus was the soundtrack of my childhood.

@samuelgarrod8327 2 дня назад

You were lucky to be on the flight deck. These days it would never happen. Health and safety gone mad etc.

@MostlyPennyCat 2 дня назад

@@samuelgarrod8327 Well, we were on the tower, only flight crew are allowed in the decks during active flight ops and very sensible that is too. I did, however, get to sail from Gibraltar to Portsmouth on her when I was 13 though. Now THAT was a lot of fun! Explored inside the rock, fed the monkeys, cleaned and fired SA80s. In fact, back in the 80s a young me was at HMS Mercury when one of the twinning staff asked if I wanted a go as we passed the rifle range. I bet they don't hand battle rifles to 9 year olds any more! 😂😬 Had rather a black and blue shoulder the next day.

@MostlyPennyCat 2 дня назад

It's the smell I miss. The warships all had this smell and it was different to every other type of ship, _only_ warships smell like this. And with the Navy Days cancelled you just can't get on board them any more.

@Madeyes6 2 дня назад

Worked on them for 15 years & had 10 flights. The ex RAF & navy harrier engineers still meet up every year near their bases at wittering & Cottesmore. Loved working on them & definitely missed at air shows round the uk.

@OiDivision 3 дня назад

16:22 Spanish Armada EAV-8B Harrier IIs have appeared at Farnborough in 2014, RIAT in 2019 and 2023, and are also set to appear this year (2024) as well. If you want to see a flying Harrier at a UK airshow, head to RAF Fairford.

@JanTonovski 2 дня назад

I saw them last year at RIAT, they are quite a sight to behold! The engine sound is also very typical

@davidlyon1899 2 дня назад

The Armada!, in English waters. Light the bonfires. I remember riding back from Devon to London seeing bonfires on every hill on my journey so i stopped to ask what was happening. It was 400 years since the sighting of the Armada.

@nickjames2370 2 дня назад

For me the Spanish Harrier was the highlight of RIAT 2023. Nostalgia overload!

@OiDivision 2 дня назад

@@nickjames2370 The joint hover with the RAF F-35B was an excellent set piece. Very much looking forward to seeing them again this year.

@kevin6666123 День назад

Yup it put a better show on that the F35

@lightofjahs 3 дня назад

I've seen these doing a display at an airshow as a kid, and the noise when hovering is insane. Amazing aircraft though

@workingguy6666 2 дня назад

I unknowingly drove underneath one - with my windows open - when it was landing at the very end of the city's runway. I couldn't guess what jet would be that loud for that long as, at that thrust level, most planes would have taken off and been gone in seconds. I agree - very loud.

@Rom3_29 2 дня назад

I visited Seattle’s Boeing, museum of flight over 20 years ago. Museum is in a middle of busy Boeing airfield. Just as we got in. Suddenly, less then 100 yards away two Marine Harrier jets took off, sporting new camo paint job. Awesome sight.

@RCAvhstape 2 дня назад

VMA-231 Ace of Spades. Oldest squadron in the USMC, Gulf War 1991. Will be the last Harrier squadron when it switches to F-35B likely in 2026. We got a whole lotta mileage out of those beautiful birds. Semper Fi.

@user-kc1tf7zm3b 2 дня назад

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Much better. Operated by Australia. 🦘

@stephencrowther524 2 дня назад

@@user-kc1tf7zm3b Totally different aircraft designed for a different reason 😂

@originalkk882 2 дня назад

@@user-kc1tf7zm3b Not much use off a small carrier though. And no use at all on land when your runway has been cratered.

@jcn115 2 дня назад

Actually VMA-223 will be the last USMC Harrier squadron

@Lord_Volkner День назад

VMA-513 We called them "lawn darts" as the man-hour to flight-hour ratio to keep them in the air was truly staggering. Maybe it has changed since the early 90s when I was in, but back then we had to work 13 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to keep them in the air. The only time off we got was taking leave. Truly hated my time in the Corps as a result of the never ending exhaustion. Can't tell you how happy I was when my time finally was up.

@D.IronsWorld 2 дня назад

Pepsi Harrier stunt is one of the funniest thing around this jet aircraft 😃 As always great video, keep 'em coming.

@siegeteamcweir6859 3 дня назад

Hahaha. Yeah, "rise and fall"

@niftybass 2 дня назад

that's a song by Helloween 😁

@kineticdeath 2 дня назад

watching those harriers take off and transition to forward flight in the form of a near vertical climb out was quite the rise!

@ianbell5611 22 часа назад

Great video. Sad that the UK seems to be in a constant state of decline.

@StefanoBorini 2 дня назад

The feels. The feels. I loved the Harrier. There's one outside of RAF wittering. It always brings me a tear to my eye every time I drive on the A1.

@BillKermanKSP 3 дня назад

A spanish harrier will actually fly at RIAT airshow in the UK next month

@charlesyarwood6146 День назад

I'm an old man now and remember an air show at Farnborough where 4 Harriers on the ground faced the crowd. They rose vertically, bowed, turned and transitioned in different directions. I will never forget the overwhelming power and noise. It was there, previously that I also witnessed the Lightning's astonishing vertical climb. Heady days of national pride. Long gone, sadly. As an Air Cadet I also illegally went up in a Vulcan for a single circuit after maintenance.

@goodfes 3 дня назад

Excellent video. The design was so pure with one engine and surely there is still a place for another modernised harrier, but guess not. The sudden 2010 closure of UK fleet left a sour taste indeed

@noisyboy87 2 дня назад

I’ve done a lot of research on VTOL fixed wing propulsion for my degree and I can honestly say that the F-35 compared to the Harrier is levels above. The Harrier will forever be the angel of the skies as she was such a beautiful aircraft and way ahead of her time. There was research conducted in the 70s and 80s for a tandem VTOL engine design. Essentially, a lift fan at the front being driven by the turbojet at the back via a connected drive shaft. The lift fan was facing forward though, compared to the F35’s lift fan which sits vertically within the airframe blasting cold air downwards. The tandem fan was essentially just another big fan which had internal slats that would open or close depending on flight characteristics (horizontal vs VTOL) to blow high bypass air downward for VTOL or backwards towards and around the main turbojet engine essentially creating what is known as as a variable bypass turbo fan. (Twin fan system) However, as much as I prefer this tandem fan design (similar to the Harrier) it came with trade offs such as increased frontal area increasing drag and less stealthy as the fan was facing forward so radar waves would be easily reflected back to the source. Having the fan placed vertically in the F35 creates more thrust as the air doesn’t need to be turned 90• Furthermore, the lift fan has to earn its keep whilst not in use during level flight. So, to put it into perspective; the lift fan alone generates about the same if not more high bypass thrust than the entire Pegasus engine on the harrier… And, the lift fan is driven by the excess torque which is otherwise wasted from the turbojet whilst in its more efficient cruise mode, essentially tapping off power to be used for the lift fan. Absolute genius!

@stephencrowther524 2 дня назад

Of course the F35 is “levels above” The Harrier was designed in the 1960s !

@williamrutter3619 2 дня назад

Good in depth description, a lot of what makes a f35 easier to live with are modern gyros and engine controls, over the old jump jet. These could easily been fitted as part of an upgrade to the harrier, the difference would feel like night and day. The stealth on the f35 is over sold, it's still seen on anti-aircraft systems, the aircraft fire missiles out side an area with such systems, similar to how previous generation aircraft are used (battle experience of stealth tech, the majority of stealth ground hugging missiles, are taken out by modern anti-aircraft systems) . The f35 is expensive 100 million dollars and only 29% are operational, communication systems are a vulnerability, the aircraft has the potential to be hacked, one has already been flown away remotely, never to be recovered. A composite body is a good idea, but if it is damaged, repair may not be possible, so many are potentially getting scrapped after only receiving minor damage. This is my opinion but those countries who kept their old jump jets and f16s, were wise, and saw through a lot modern nonsense, and have kept more capability and saved money to spend on other things.

@noisyboy87 2 дня назад

@@williamrutter3619 Great description! Yes, I agree that when the Harrier was retired it was done so way too early. Super robust, reliable and cheap (comparatively speaking) I wish they had not retired this beautiful aircraft. However, progress only marches in one direction and the capability of the airframe, engine, avionics just to mention a few, would not have kept up with the pace of more modern anti aircraft weapons that have now come to market. She is still capable bird that is now lost to the ages. Thanks.

@noisyboy87 2 дня назад

@@stephencrowther524 You completely missed the point of the comment, but hey, can't please everyone lol

@KiwiHelpgeek День назад

I remember when a Hawker Harrier took part in the 50th celebration of the opening of the Auckland International Airport way back in 1992. It was great and I was lucky enough to be right in of the plane when it did it's signature bow to the crowd at the end of the display.

@jockmccartney30 2 дня назад

The Kestrel, before it became the harrier landed opposite the Royal Engineers School of Engineering on the hard across the river Medway in 1967. We watched from our classroom as it slowly turned on its axis, landed and quickly took off leaving a bunch of sappers amazed hardly believing what they had just witnessed

@mattheide2775 2 дня назад

I finally saw a Harrier in person and I was struck by how small it is. One of my favorite military aircraft. Thank you for the video ❤

@chrisb3380 2 дня назад

"..it's unlikely that we'll ever see them again at any airshows in the UK". Checks airshow listings, Spanish navy harrier flying at Fairford airshow in 4 weeks time!! 😁

@mho... 2 дня назад

....details....😆

@bluto816 2 дня назад

My local airport (KLAS) used to get west coast Marine Corps Harriers transiting to and from their home base at Yuma, AZ. Got a lot of photos in those days. When I heard the last public demo was going to be at MCAS Cherry Point, NC I made the trip and took my best lens/camera to get plenty of photos. It really is a captivating machine.

@justandy333 2 дня назад

I remember going to Riat - Fairford in 1997 with my family as a kid and the Harrier was the highlight for me. My enduring memory of it was that it was flipping LOUD!! Hovering a short distance from the crowd doing all its display maneuvers I was in absolute awe of it. The trouble is when its hovering, its practically on full power and absolutely guzzles the fuel. So they rarely use the thrust vectoring to take off. Plus it can't take off vertically with a full loadout, its just too heavy. But vertical landings on the other hand, they do it all the time.

@tacwolf4962 2 дня назад

Your channel is one of my favorite channels! In a mess of drama, politics, and insanity…your channel stands with only a few where you provide some exceptional history, facts, and at a spoken pace anyone can follow and learn from. Thank you!!!

@Mookie1340 2 дня назад

Thank you for sharing. I’ve been looking for a shot of the Harrier taking off from horizontal to straight up for ages and you’ve manage to show it at 11.43. Such a fantastic aircraft.

@Prifly70 2 дня назад

Paul, thanks for including a Hellcat doing a JATO take off, I've never seen that one before. Love it.

@scottweisel3640 День назад

My brother was an avionics technician in the USMC in the 1980’s. He worked with a Harrier squadron. I believe it was in Yuma. He said there were British technicians there as well that he really enjoyed being around.

@meritamity 2 дня назад

When you're used to watching regular planes take off and land.. It was amazing to watch one of those things come to a stop mid-air.

@respectbossmon 2 дня назад

I read in several places that currently the USMC still considers the F-35's as supplementing their fleet of Harriers. I would not be surprised the Harrier will still be serving a decade or more into the future simply because it fits particular roles nothing else can perform.

@olsmokey 2 дня назад

Plus they have plenty of spares...

@johnladuke6475 2 дня назад

That makes sense, considering the amount of "smaller" ships they operate. I don't know the specs (or care to look them up this minute) but they probably operate quite a few ships that can launch Harriers and helicopters but not an F-35.

@user-kc1tf7zm3b 2 дня назад

But, why? China could shoot down these obsolete 1980s jets in a heartbeat. The F-35B Lightning II is utterly essential for Navy and Marine aviation.

@Rosatodi2006 2 дня назад

I think the last Marine Corps Harrier squadron transitions to F-35B in about two years. They won’t be flying for a decade or more in U.S. service.

@originalkk882 2 дня назад

@@user-kc1tf7zm3b Why do you keep posting such nonsense? The Sea Harrier FA2 with AIM120 AMRAAM and Blue Vixen radar could still hold it's own against many Chinese jets today.

@randywatson8347 2 дня назад

This is one of the rare occasion that they do deliver working results in a short time before even home computers existed.

@NatoBro День назад

Last time I was able to see a Harrier up close and in action was while I was working at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. Royal Navy Harriers would weekly harass their counterparts who flew the British helicopters. They would put on a "show" right in front of their hangars. Fun to watch. And after the US Marines arrived, me and a few of my co-workers had a close up tour of their compound. Great aircraft.

@duanebrimhall2556 2 дня назад

The late comic, Gallagher, had a bit that described the Harrier perfectly. "Oh great, we have a plane that curtsies.""

@DaveAtUofL 2 дня назад

I believe the Yak 141 was the contributor to the tech sharing between the US and Russia not the Yak-38 which was similar to the Harrier. The 141 had an interesting nozzle that Lockheed was interested in but ultimately came up with their own solution.

@TheRealNeill 2 дня назад

I know a US Marine Major who flew the AV-8B and he said viffing is an absolutely last-ditch manoeuvre as it leaves you with almost no energy.

@cursivejay День назад

I miss your intro! It was short, unobtrusive, and nostalgic. Reminded me of classic History channel Modern Marvels.

@jefftaylor8321 2 дня назад

Great Video. Such an iconic plane.

@dave_n8pu 3 дня назад

I got to see one of those in action in 1980 at that base you mentioned, an air show if you will, the person that was the MC said of that model, it had a speed of zero to about 700 MPH, a range of about 200 (US) miles, there and back, and could tilt forward 17 degrees nose down which could be used for close ground support if needed while hovering.

@Raven319s 2 дня назад

This has always been one of my favorite jets. The high set down swept wings always looked so cool to me.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 дня назад

Great video, Paul...👍

@Meower68 День назад

I was working End of Runway duty at Hill AFB, Utah, I wanna say summer 1992 or 93, and we had an airshow coming up that weekend. We watched as 4 Marine Corps Harriers approached. The first slowed slowed considerably before landing, touched down and took the second taxiway off the runway. The second slowed to little more than walking speed, touched down and took the first taxiway off the runway. The third one drifted down, stopped, landed vertically, then took the first taxiway off the runway. The fourth one drifted down, nearly touched the runway, pivoted to the right, took the first taxiway and finally set the wheels down about 50 yards after the turn, well down the taxiway. He never even touched the runway. We were used to watching F-16s operating from that runway. Show-offs! When it came time to leave, on Monday am, all four of them taxied out onto the runway, halted and lifted off vertically before climbing out at a steep angle, as seen in some of the video you showed. These things were basically massive engines with stubby wings and a small cockpit attached. When the B-17, which came for the air show, taxied out for takeoff, all of us formed up, snapped to attention and saluted as it passed.

@Moto_Medics 2 дня назад

I had a toy of a harrier and still remember my dad telling me what it was and what it could do and still blows my mind to this day 27 years later

@pablopeter3564 2 дня назад

EXCELLENT video. Thanks very much. Greetings from Mexico City.

@Bow-to-the-absurd 2 дня назад

That 12 YEAR development programme looks like a miracle when compared to current gen .

@StaK_1980 День назад

Really nice video, thank you!

@ruggfortress9531 2 дня назад

Interesting, i hope we have harriers like we have spitfires to remember and see in the future at airshows

@craigw.scribner6490 2 дня назад

Thanks, Paul!

@mik99D 2 дня назад

The Harrier is the best jet ever made. It won a war single handedly (in the air). Nothing else comes near. My buddy was on the Invincible during Falklands. He worked in the NAFFI.

@aadixum 2 дня назад

And it won that war against much superior aircraft. Being able to take-off and land anywhere bad leadership, and bad training were the game changers in that war.

@erasmus_locke 2 дня назад

@mik99D ever heard of the F-22 Raptor ?

@annoloki 2 дня назад

Well, Falklands wasn't really a war though, was it? Was more of a duel, a friendly game of checkers! Haha, amazing how civilised even a war can be when the people fighting actually respect each other.

@Pagan-71 2 дня назад

@@erasmus_locke F-22 Raptors have been getting stomped by French Rafale's and Euro Typhoons in simulated dog fights. Look it up.

@wmk4454 День назад

@@Pagan-71so you're saying stealth is useless? Are you going to say the J-20 also get beaten by rafale like the indian do?

@Mr67Stanger 2 дня назад

Great video, as always Hey Paul, how are you my man?! I hope you are back 100%!!

@ginog5037 2 дня назад

Great vodeo for a fantastic fighter jet. To see one in action is amazing. Well done!

@grahamkearnon6682 2 дня назад

Enjoyed that. I served on the ship that was filmed in the Falklands segment HERMES, the 'viffing' abilities of the harrier were fairly common knowledge onboard at the time.

@originalkk882 2 дня назад

I don't believe the FAA or RAF ever advocated viffing. In ACM speed is life.

@chrislong3938 2 дня назад

Awesome jet! It's really too bad that its range was so short compared to other jets, but they sure proved their worth in the South Atlantic in the '80s! I always loved that to solve wind direction problems when hovering, they came up with a little wind vane on the nose of the jet which told the pilot where the prevailing wind was coming from! A simple idea that cost next to nothing to solve a fairly huge problem for the pilots! I saw one of these babies at an air show here in Colorado but was disappointed that it didn't take off from a stand but did a rolling take-off due to the amount of damage the exhaust caused to the tarmac! Once the announcer explained it, I wasn't as bummed. ... still a little! ;-) It did bow at the end though!!!

@thanksfernuthin 2 дня назад

Hey! The Bone Yard. I drive by that all the time. Great Air Museum.

@SuperVictoralex День назад

What a wonderfully comprehensive 16 and a half minutes, on a plane that I have always been infatuated with. I have learned much by watching this, thank you.

@randy25rhoads 2 дня назад

That’s so cool! I’d never heard of it bowing at air shows!

@freesk8 2 дня назад

Very cool plane. Thanks for the great video! :)

@Sacto1654 2 дня назад

I think the British should have gone ahead with the P.1154, especially if they could get other NATO air forces to buy the plane. Can you imagine every major European air force fielding the production version of the P.1154 by the late 1970's? It would have been a horrible nightmare for Soviet war planners because they now realize knocking out every major airfield west of the Iron Curtain would not be useful, since these V/STOL fighters could operate from anywhere there is flat land.

@andersjjensen 2 дня назад

And yet the Swedes managed to put the Ruskies in the exact same situation with the Gripen. Standard width main roads in Sweden are "one and a half" lane in each direction. This makes them wide enough to use as runways, and the Gripen only require 800 meters of straight road, which is basically all of the Swedish country side.

@Doubledeepfried День назад

2 years after your diagnose video, good to see you still uploading and really hope you are well

@stevejones3229 День назад

This channel is one of the best

@Simonize41 День назад

I miss the Harrier, and its end of display bow… seeing this again had me tearing up if I’m honest. Awesome video! You know me, I love your aircraft stuff. Until next time - keep well, Paul.

@JonBowe День назад

One thing I always remember about my fitters course at RAF Cosford was Nimonic 75 was used for the ducting to the wing tips etc for exhaust/stability flow.

@pgr3290 2 дня назад

It was a difficult aircraft to fly because it was much more involved to control than a normal jet fighter. Particularly transitions between vertical and horizontal flight required much skill and finessing. British pilots usually said you had to be very good at multi tasking, patting your head and rubbing your belly. It was designed well before the advent of modern fly by wire avionics. Later generations incorporated updated electronic controls which lightened the load somewhat, but not everyone could qualify to fly this thing. It's still an engineering marvel and proved irreplaceable for nearly 50 years. The performance of it during the Falklands War allied to the latest sidewinders was outstanding, it routed supersonic Argentine jets with a combination of agility, weaponry and pilot ability. The Black Death as it was known to Argentine pilots. The fact it took so long to come up with something better in the F-35 is testament to the utility of it, especially to the U.S Marines.

@frankgulla2335 День назад

Thanks, Paul, for that special video about the harrier from start to (British) finish.

@andyrawlins 2 дня назад

I've been lucky enough to see them in flight and actually some of their last UK flights at RIAT. Amazing aircraft. I hadn't realised its genesis/influences though!

@htomerif 22 часа назад

I remembered from probably 20 years ago that the Harrier only had a "vertical" mode time of about 90 seconds as it would run out of the injection water needed to cool the engines and produce thrust (the same way some rally cars use water injection). Its VTOL maneuverability and endurance at airshows was not representative of its combat capability. It was cool, though, but not even close to as cool as the SR-71.

@TioDeive 2 дня назад

What a story! Thank you.

@skrugen 2 дня назад

I appreciate all the combat pilots chiming in but while you were fighting in the Falklands I was playing Harrier Combat Simulator on my Commodore 64 so I'm something of an expert

@uncleeric3317 2 дня назад

Great subject choice!

@jjramos46 2 дня назад

I'm still disappointed I didn't win the Pepsi jump jet!

@richarddicey5447 2 дня назад

Spanish Harrier II will be appearing at the RIAT Airshow at Fairford UK next month

@msamov 2 дня назад

Speaking as a Yank, It was slow, had very little payload capability as a VTOL and had a radar cross section just shy of a BLIMP. Just the same, it had fine lines, a bit sexy even. This was a vintage aircraft, the first of it's kind in the world to see a relatively long production and its subsequent deployment globally. And, no small point, our Marines liked it to. Yes, we made some tweaks; but, it was worth the effort. I tip my hat. Verily, this bird will be missed. Long live the Harrier!

@sheep1ewe 2 дня назад

Thank You! (Next to Swedish aircrafts) the Harrier has always been my favorite since childhood. Would You mind making an episode about the Handley Page Victor? This is also one of the absolute coolest aircraft ever made in my personal opinion.

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@tony3760758956 День назад

haven't watched for a while but last I remember you was recovering from being very Ill. Good to see you're well and I'll be sure to check through your videos. On an unrelated note I'm a truck driver and you sound like a cockney. I drove past the royal Armories last Thursday when going from Millwall F.C to Twickenham and i was shocked by that battleship gun sat in front WOW! that was incredible!

@Pablo668 2 дня назад

One of my favorite aircraft. Great little plane.

@J.wizzle-eh6xi День назад

I'm sure it'll be mentioned as I'm only a couple mins in, but one of the most interesting things about the harrier to me, is that the front nozzles thrust is fed from compressor stage, and only the rear nozzles are exhaust fed

@clonecommando-cn6bo 21 час назад

It was fun to watch in True Lies. Perhaps the UK could reconsider because here in the US we enjoy that unique fighter

@bwest6275 2 дня назад

The harrier is my favorite aircraft of al time. It's strangely so beautiful and graceful.

@nigelmorris4769 2 дня назад

Agreed and a sad day they got rid of it...

@ivoryjohnson4662 2 дня назад

Good to the the "Droid" back !!!!!

@jackozbloke5079 2 дня назад

7:50 I think you mean the Yak 41/141, NOT the 38

@DeltaVTX 3 дня назад

Good afternoon, Mister Droid.

@thlee3 18 часов назад

i always hold my breath until he reveals his amazing shirt for the episode … never been let down

@kiereluurs1243 13 часов назад

🥱

@liljasere 3 дня назад

such fond memories of seeing these at southend air show as a kid in the early 2000's thy would hover over the beach at eye level as we sat on the hill

@johnrumm4786 3 дня назад

Yup, I remember that :-) I recall watching it do some fly pasts low over the water (as you say at eye level for those of us watching from the top of the cliffs). Then you became aware that it was slowing down, before it finally came to a complete halt, hovering over the water about 50m away from the shore. It would then rotate to point at the crowd. Slide to the left, then the right, forward, backward, and end with a bow. Finally it would start to rise vertically slowly pitching up, gaining speed, before transitioning to full forward thrust heading vertically straight up, until it disappeared through the cloud base. All that accompanied by a sound track you could *feel* not just hear! Awesome.

@andrewfrance1047 День назад

While doing security rounds at my college in the late 70's I went into an aircraft hanger. In addition to the old Buccaneer fighter bomber and Wessex helicopter that were normally there I was surprised to also discover both a P.1127 and a Kestrel.

@germansnowman День назад

“Capability holiday” must be one of the most British understatements.

@matthewwinning4986 3 дня назад

Was definitely a remarkable design. I used to go to RAF Leuchars airshow when I was younger, and the harrier used to display there. I was there in 2010 when it displayed there for the last time.

@littlerougue 2 дня назад

I always thought the Harriers looked super cool and the bowing thing at air shows is pretty awesome

@HazelS71 2 дня назад

A final bow that was nice Grew up fascinated by this beast I had the video game "Eagle One" on PlayStation one absolutely incredible game also my uncle James Joyce served with the British navy and often told me of him sailing around the world and how he worked on deck watching these magnificent machines land RIP Jim you legend! love you bud ,Thank you Pablo for another masterclass video on aviation history!!! Godbless be well

@toucheturtle3840 2 дня назад

Coming back from Aylesbury one day, 2 Harriers flying low. Didn’t realise one was in trouble until I saw the plume of black smoke, it had crashed in a field just off the Oxford to Banbury road. They’re still great aircraft. The yanks still fly them.

@theoccupier1652 День назад

I can remember as a kid seeing the P 1127 flying fron Filton Bristol ... Years later while in the RN FAA we had them in service ... Incredible aircraft and also very pretty ... If it looks right it is right :)

@jonpeddel9616 17 часов назад

Loved seeing these flying around RAE Bedford.

@CaptainQ2607 2 дня назад

I've always loved this aircraft ❤

@NobleOmnicide 2 дня назад

This remains one of my favorite informative channel on RU-vid. I wish RU-vid would promote this channel more. (And please do not reply saying RU-vid promoted it to you. I know it did because you already like this content. Good on you. Open a private browser window in which you are not signed in and see what RU-vid normally promotes.)

@Iwishiwasanoscarmeyerweiner 2 дня назад

RU-vid promoted quite a few videos of your mom to me.

@zlm001 3 дня назад

Thanks

@ChocoLater1 3 дня назад

This plane is in IWM in Manchester,UK if anyone is interested in seeing it.

@JK-dv3qe 3 дня назад

nah. got any Sukhois though?

@Jameson1776 3 дня назад

@@JK-dv3qewhy would they have junk? But if you really want to see them go to Ukraines eastern front there’s plenty of burnt out shells of them there.

@AtheistOrphan 3 дня назад

There are several on display in various locations around the UK.

@AtheistOrphan 3 дня назад

‘I counted them all out, and I counted them all back’ The Falklands, 1982.

@Argentvs 2 дня назад

Except several were shotdowns by AAA and missiles. With suspected 2 lost in dogfight with cannons against Daggers and written down as "accidents".

@AtheistOrphan 2 дня назад

@@Argentvs - Absolute BS. Proven to be Argentine propaganda of the time. They were quite prolific at that, I have a book featuring the front page of a contemporary Argentine newspaper, showing a mocked-up photo of a Sinking HMS Hermes. Argentina claimed to have sunk both carriers.

@XLA-zg1nn 2 дня назад

I saw one at HMAS Stirling, amazing

@richarddye9170 День назад

In May 1969 the RAF flew a Harrier across the Atlantic as part of the Daily Mail air race. It took off from near St Pancras station in London and landed at the Bristol Basin on the East River in New York.

@cornellkirk8946 2 дня назад

Such an incredible aircraft ❤

@cturdo День назад

The USMC B and later variants were a whole new platform, serving valiantly for over 40 years. It took two generations of aircraft later to attempt to replace it (although it is doubtful even now).