The Single Aircraft That Almost Wiped Out Everything You Know About Aviation

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It is September 8, 1961, and the test airfield in Dunsfold, England, is abuzz with anticipation. The Hawker Siddeley P.1127 jet is about to embark on a daring experiment by attempting to perform the world’s first vertical take-off that successfully transitions into horizontal flight before completing its journey with a vertical landing. Years of intense research and development have built up to this moment; should the P.1127 succeed, it could potentially revolutionize aircraft design and the nature of flight itself.
As the crowd of eager engineers, technicians, and military officials look on, the jet’s groundbreaking Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine roars to life, its distinctive swiveling nozzles thrusting air downwards to lift the aircraft straight up off the tarmac. As the P.1127 hovers in mid-air, the tension is palpable, the onlookers wait with bated breath to see if it will be able to transition smoothly into horizontal flight without losing stability or control.
Suddenly, the aircraft noses forward, gathering speed as it levels out. Cheers erupt across the airfield, but the test isn’t over until the P.1127 shows it can complete the cycle with a vertical landing. As the jet slows down, silence befalls the crowd as they wait to find out if they will indeed witness history in the making…
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@liamtimms777 2 месяца назад

Sadly this episode is a month late, I regularly watched ur vids with my 94 yr old grandad, he had more hours on the harrier than any pilot and was oldest fighter pilot ever in raf , he flew the hunter too and meteor , he sadly passed last month , gutted we didn’t get to see this episode, thankfully one of his harriers is in a museum so can be reminded of him

@scottpaulhubbard8771 29 дней назад

Sorry for your loss we will never know a more noble time that your grandad was born in the UK people just got on with it and they must have been ashamed of how we have messed up the opportunity they gave us all may he rest in peace 🕊️

@satanihelvetet 18 дней назад

May your old man rest in peace and fly heaven as a Harrier for eternity.

@ivgotballsofsteel4048 10 дней назад

That sucks, sorry for your loss.

@BionicRusty Месяц назад

At one point, during the nineties, I’d worked on every AV8B in service, including the Night Attack variants. I worked on the HUD and, for many years, was the only technician manufacturing new and reworking a part of the HUD. I was not physically able to join the armed forces so did the next best thing. From the age of 17, I worked until retirement in a company, manufacturing and supplying modules to other defence contractors and the military direct. I am very proud of that. 🇬🇧

@Jones607 2 месяца назад

During the Falklands War the Sea Harrier gave an exceptional account of itself.🇬🇧

@robertheywood2553 20 дней назад

It certainly did, marvellous aircraft. But what we also needed was an interceptor, F4 Phantom to intercept the inbound Argentinian aircraft much further out before reaching the fleet. We had no fix wing carriers then, and we haven’t got them now. That’s politicians for you, they expect fully comprehensive insurance cover for third party premiums - t’was ever thus

@xx6489 18 дней назад

And it's essential little friend the sidewinder.....,growl

@ryanl2654 Месяц назад

Hard to beleive there was less than 60 years between the Wright bros and this. Amazing.

@johnconnolly5117 2 месяца назад

I saw a Harrier at an Airshow when I was a kid in the late 70s- hovered right over the runway near the crowd- LOUD and very cool! Always felt it didn’t get the attention it deserved!

@JarrodFLif3r 2 месяца назад

I saw 2 Harriers 'in the wild' land vertically at PAFB(Now Space Force Base) while out surfing and I can affirm they were extremely loud. This was in the late 1990s.

@unclefart5527 2 месяца назад

Yes. Louder than an Air Canada DC-9.

@StoffelDilligas 2 месяца назад

"Makes you proud to be British"

@Jones607 Месяц назад

Tricky to fly, so only the RAFs crème de la crème got to fly it.

@b.nichols3255 23 дня назад

And makes you ashamed to be British when we gave them away on the promise of buying the flop from America. Our 'leaders' once again proved their incompetence or corruption.

@Rid3thetig3r 2 дня назад

@@Jones607 This might be urban legend, but I seem to remember reading that, at one point, more men had walked on the Moon than had been authorised to hover/"dance" The Harrier. Kinda cool if true.

@glennvogt1194 2 месяца назад

If I had to pick my top 20 planes of all time the Harrier would definitely be on that list.

@JTA1961 2 месяца назад

Damn straight

@eddieconroy212 2 месяца назад

The Harrier was way ahead of it’s time. Only now are other planes superseding it at much greater cost.

@JTA1961 2 месяца назад

Like 750x more

@bannjaxx Месяц назад

There aren't any VTOL planes are there? Lockheeds F-35 Lightning can land vertically and has a short take-off, but not vertical and the Boeing Osprey is really a helicopter isn't it? I think only the Harrier was true VTOL in a plane.

@blazepine 18 дней назад

@@bannjaxx i think a russian YAK model had VTOL capability too but i dont remember which specific model

@SekritKomrade 2 месяца назад

That's a Buccaneer on the Thumbnail man. Completely different roles, size/style.

@billwill7383 2 месяца назад

Yeah I clicked wanting a vid on the buccaneer.

@stephenhall3515 2 месяца назад

@@billwill7383 So did I.

@robwernet9609 2 месяца назад

Not surprised, he plagiarizes his commentary from Wikipedia pages. I was watching this video and looking at the p.1127/kestrel wiki page, as I'm reading and listening to the vid I started to notice that what I was reading was being said on the video. He changes a few words and phrases but in some parts it's word for word what's written on the wiki page. Smh

@robertwoodroffe123 2 месяца назад

@@robwernet9609interesting

@btoogood 2 месяца назад

He does this on purpose to promote comments- so I guess we’ve been sucked in

@brianconnelly2906 2 месяца назад

I was in the military when the American version was being tested...that was in the '83-'84 time frame.

@chrissearle6176 21 день назад

There is no American version. There is harrier 1 which was 100% British. Then there was the sea harrier also 100% British. Finally there is the harrier 2 which was a large more powerful sea harrier, partially financed & part built by America under licence. In the American built harrier, Only the cockpit instrument were American, everything else was British design.

@seanjoseph8637 Месяц назад

I worked on them for 15 years of my RAF service and 3 as a civvy contractor, they are dirty oily beasts but have a special place in my heart.

@robertsmith9810 2 месяца назад

I remember seeing one of these at an open day at an American air base and made me truly proud to be British as it raised from behind trees , and of course they proved their worth in the Falklands conflict

@spdyrzr01 Месяц назад

Many thanks from the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi !!!

@scbond 17 дней назад

“Their”. Your lack of knowing the difference between “their”, “there” and “they’re” makes me be truly ashamed to be British.

@spdyrzr01 17 дней назад

@@scbond ?

@robertsmith9810 16 дней назад

@@scbond you sir are a cretin first class i think there is more behind this comment than the correct use of their and there but i will bow to your greater knowledge of English grammar cheers and good day

@LemurKrazy 2 месяца назад

Fantastic footage of it on the carrier deck.

@paulwood5803 Месяц назад

As a young boy of 7 or 8 years old, I went to an RAF open day at RAF Upavon where my uncle was serving. This would have been around 1963/64. There I saw the first ever public demonstration of the P1127 doing a vertical take off and landing. As a plane mad boy this the most exciting thing I had ever seen and remains up there in the top 10.

@Stillb Месяц назад

I had the honour to be an engineer on the Sea Harrier frs1 with 899 and 801 Naval Air Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm 😊 great times. Should never have gotten rid!!?

@michaeltelson9798 2 месяца назад

The Kestrel is such an apt name for this aircraft as the small falcon can hover as it hunts for its food.

@paulf9487 2 месяца назад

I saw the thumbnail and thought "what's so special about the Buccaneer........".

@katmandoism 2 месяца назад

I was a radio operator in cherry point in 1970. I talked to the pilot of the first one to land there. I was in a tactical air command center.

@ferstuck37 2 месяца назад

It’s sad that it was discarded due to lack of imagination and potential. But at least it lives on in the marine corps.

@moshunit96 2 месяца назад

It wasn't really discarded. They just took what was learned and made a better version and called it the harrier.

@Snake-ms7sj 2 месяца назад

The AV-8

@chrissmith2114 2 месяца назад

@@moshunit96 The Harrier has not been used by UK forces since about 2010...

@ianjardine7324 2 месяца назад

It was retired for good reasons. While the Pegasus cold thrust engine allowed for vertical flight it severely limited the aircraft in both speed and payload. These limitations could not be overcome without a completely new approach such as the mechanical forward lift fan in the F35 which allows the rear nozzle to operate at far higher temperatures. We will no doubt see the Harrier continue with nation's which need SVTOL capabilities but cannot afford to buy or maintain F35s. I'm honestly surprised the Chinese haven't attempted to acquire or clone the design as it would allow them a proven fleet air capability while they get to grips with all the problems their current approach is causing. Their large carriers have both structural and system issues and their carrier aircraft are proving underpowered and unreliable.

@chrissmith2114 2 месяца назад

@@ianjardine7324 Tell the US marine corp that Harrier is no good. The reason Britain stopped using them is 1. our politicians are stupid 2. they rather waste money on stuff we do not need like a high speed railway to link two cities 120miles apart, to save a few minutes ( HS2 ) which is costing £1billion per mile to build.

@carguygibby 2 месяца назад

Maybe if he shows a thumbnail of a Harrier we'll get a video of the Buccaneer?🤔

@bassetdad437 2 месяца назад

I'm holding out for a VTOL Bucc.

@robertharriman7267 Месяц назад

As someone without a patriotic bone in my body and a hatred of war Im still saddened by the demise of this genius aircraft.

@paulsara9694 Месяц назад

Bristol did a hell of a lot of good things, the Olympus engine for one.

@lrg3834 Месяц назад

The British contributed so much to modern aviation, but got so little back from it. I blame the political class. Case in point: Concorde. The British government wanted to back out after after a certain point. However, Charles de Gaulle would have none of it, and it is because of French insistance that Concorde ultimately became a reality. This is not a putdown to British engineers and technicians who were more than prepared to do their part regardless. While the British get the lion's share of credit for Concorde's success, at the end of the day, it's what the French were responsible for that made Concorde able to sustain mach II without use of reheaters, namely low drag wing design and construction. The Russian Tupolev 144 had more powerful engines, but was unable to match this feat, making it unusable in commercial application. Just goes to show British and French can do great things when they cooperate and work together on a common goal.

@Mark13091961 16 дней назад

My late uncle worked on the production line of these in the 60s at Hawker Siddely (what is now the Airbus wings production site) at Broughton near Chester

@SPak-rt2gb 2 месяца назад

This guy reads straight from the Wiki page

@ENGBriseB Месяц назад

Still stunning.

@christianhorner001 12 дней назад

Just imagine if British engineering brilliance continued at this pace for the past 50 years. Sadly Britain is in steep decline.

@davidmartin2957 29 дней назад

This had been tested and tested prior to this public display.

@satanihelvetet 18 дней назад

Thank you for a great video! Very innovative and impressing engineering by the Brits!

@chrismair8161 Месяц назад

Changed Warfare in the Falklands. US Marines saw this and..Slow but stupidly maneuverable to the Mirage French Mirage II's. The pilots of the Harrier would simply do a Dead stick stop and drop 100 feet then require and shoot an AIM-9 then regain speed. The Low and Slow worked for them for the terrain as they could hide in a range of mountains and wait for the opponent to fly over then rise and target with a missile that tracks heat for 15 miles. America's best at the time. At least it had a gun!

@tomcobbly8672 Месяц назад

I believe the Americans discovered 'Viffing' or vectoring in forward flight which made the aircraft jump upwards and slow down dramatically allowing faster jets to pass by and be attacked from behind.

@tamahagane1700 2 месяца назад

Hey why Bucc on thumbnail

@AlanStock-wt5tm 13 дней назад

really cool to see one of the Kestrels at the Pima Air Museum.

@Tom-Lahaye 2 месяца назад

At the RAF museum in Cosfort there is a Kestrel. And Dunsfold, where later the famous Top Gear fastest car circuit was.

@Starfishcentral 21 день назад

I remember seeing Harrier GR3 at RAF Gutersloh in Germany as a kid.

@sonnyandreotte5721 2 месяца назад

always wondered what the pilot of the harrier thought of the ufo calvine picture

@billgiles3261 3 дня назад

I served as an engineer on the Kestrel tripartite squadron.

@sjaguartype 2 месяца назад

Given the Location of the test flight was it the Stig at the controls ??

@davidh2608 Месяц назад

I remember seeing the Harrier at various air shows here in the UK and the sight and sound of it hovering, flying backwards and taking a bow have always stayed with me. Remarkable aircraft that was short sightedly decommissioned by the government to save money. I always hoped they'd develop and improve them to be capable of supersonic flight, but alas....it was not to be. I am glad to see them still in use by the USA, our strongest and respected ally. I hope that when we took them out of service they were all shipped across the pond to begin a new life or keep others going.

@doogle2822 7 дней назад

A part of the video that should have been included I think was the aircraft bowing to a delegation of Japanese dignatories on London bridge. I stand to be corrected if I have got any of this wrong.

@paulgreen2416 12 дней назад

I use to live up in the Lake District where a lot of Harrier flight yraining takes place. If you gave them a wave and they saw youu it wasn't uncommon to get buzzed by them whilst out on the lakes. Had one pilot pass over my tiny little boat at what looked barely above my mast.

@sergeantd9966 Месяц назад

This is pretty cool and interesting

@MikeG43 Месяц назад

I watched the first Sea Landing on HMS Ark Royal from the Goofing deck 1963. Still have the black &white photographs.

@paulqueripel3493 2 месяца назад

To be pedantic, it used a Bristol Siddeley Pegasus engine, not a Rolls. They bought BS a few years later.

@j.t.frompa5508 2 месяца назад

2nd time I know of from Dark Skies with the thumbnail image not matching the actual aircraft discussed in the video. This time showing a Buccaneer not a Harrier and 5 months ago a video titled "The Metal US Bomber That Drove Everyone Crazy" showing a different plane in the thumbnail from the Martin B10 discussed in that vid.

@davidberesford7009 Месяц назад

I enjoyed this Vid. The harrier is a very scary piece of equipment.

@trevortrevortsr2 2 месяца назад

The place to go to see all the development aircraft and ski ramp test rigs is the Fleet Air Arm museum Yeovil

@mathewjones5520 2 месяца назад

Why is the thumbnail a buccaneer and the video is about the harrier?????

@MrM1729 23 дня назад

I see you’re new to the channel.

@FreedomMoped Месяц назад

I used to love seeing the Harrier Jump Jets

@dx1450 Месяц назад

1:27 My first thought was "That's Abe Vigoda."

@OniMetsuki 12 дней назад

Lobe the Harrier, but it had One significant problem that claimed some planes... During a VTOL with no wind, the engine can end up ingesting it's own exhaust gasses stalling the engine causing the plane to drop to the ground. The more modern F35B solves this due to it's shaft driven large vertical turbofan which keeps fresh air circulating for the engine to breath.

@ekspatriat 23 дня назад

'First vertical takeoff with a transition to horizontal and a vertical landing'.............UMMMM Helicopter!!

@jes2731 Месяц назад

In our approach to Sydney AU back in May of 87' aboard USS Midway (CV-41). USMC Harrier jets from the USS Peleliu (? maybe) did recovery and launch exercises on our angel deck for a few hours. !!!-VERY COOL-!!!

@Michael-dk5kh 2 месяца назад

Could you do a segment if you haven't already on Lockheed Martin's new hypersonic missile called Mako?

@chrissmith2114 2 месяца назад

The final version of the Pegasus Engine produced 24,000 lbs of thrust

@briangriffiths1285 2 месяца назад

Yet another British development that the US benefitted from.

@Paul-mh9pr Месяц назад

But also the Harrier project was helped along by the USMC interest & McDonnell's agreement to get involved as it improved the viability of the project with a substantial increase in the number of aircraft & RR manufactured engines required.

@paulkendall6069 2 месяца назад

The aircraft was initially called Kestral before entering service as Harrier after modifications, I read they added small air jets in wing tips and front and rear of plane to aid stability in hover. I also read they were working on a bigger engine that would have given mach1 speed and bigger plane with larger pay loads but funding was not maintained and Bristol was merged into Rolls Royce and engine died as no funds just another what if of if uk had not been broke but Harrier lead a spirted life in uk till Mr Cameron killed it before its time again down to money saving rather than common sense.

@mrbigw100 2 месяца назад

Can you do a video of BC Thomas who landed in Norway with a SR 71 or when the sr71 had engine trouble and was forced to fly at 5k ft and the viggens came out escort it came to escort stopped Russian migs from shooting it down

@fg-pv5ht Месяц назад

British innovation and engineering at its best it's shame we fail at capitalising on these ideas at a financial level unlike the USA

@elitedavidhorne8494 Месяц назад

Its not often that UK makes a plane that is purchased by the USA.

@Leonwhu73 Месяц назад

America handed them a cheque and said keep going.. They knew!

@southerneruk Месяц назад

The film of the JJ was not the first time it had done this, it was the first time it was shown what it can do, it was one of the poorest kept secret many ordinary people of the street knew about this plane in 1961, beautiful plane, the only bad thing about it was the fuel and how much it used doing vertical take off and landing, it is a problem even today with the new types, even the Osprey uses a lot of fuel on a standing takeoff The Harrier JJ do have the best safely record going and the Osprey the worse as to date

@mebob 20 дней назад

Sad to see that we were so innovative in this country now we can't even make a wooden box I UK

@brianniegemann4788 2 месяца назад

These VTOL planes are useful to the army and marines for the same reasons as helicopters; they provide tactical ground support with little or no runway space. The air force has little use for them, not fast & powerful enough for air combat or strategic attack roles. With the possible exception of the F-35 Lightning.

@KyleThill 2 месяца назад

I suppose not using the real image in your thumbnail was for what purpose? It wasn't an error.

@das5813 4 дня назад

Don't tell anyone how they managed to virtually double the power of the core engine because it'll loose the cat out of the bag and people will be wondering why other jet engines don't do the same !! But it's nice to know that the designers have thought about the pilots who now have plenty of water on board to quench their thirst though I'd much prefer steam engines myself.

@mattclark6246 2 месяца назад

The AV-8B changed aviation history from the British to American Although it didn't go super sonic it served its purpose especially during the first first Gulf war The AV8B harrier Was getting old and outdated until the US decided to start up a new VSTOL programs with Boeing x32 and Lockheed Martin f35 Battle of the x-planes from PBS So in reality we have a new version of the harrier flying Called the f35 🕊️ Of ✌️

@R_McGeddon117 Месяц назад

The Argentinians name for it was the 'black death'

@cobraartsofficial 2 месяца назад

Wasn’t the Short SC.1 the First VTOL not the Harrier? SC.1 first flight in 1958 and the P.1127/Harrier in 1960

@bassetdad437 2 месяца назад

True, but the SC1 was a one trick pony, a proof of concept aircraft. The Kestrel was designed as a capable combat aircraft .

@denisthaddeus9847 Месяц назад

1127 was a technology demonstrator. I saw the first teathered flight at Dunsfold.

@rich-1975 2 месяца назад

The cover page on the video is a Buccaneer!

@bassetdad437 2 месяца назад

Did you forget to get "Insane" in the description?

@KeithPatrick-wo5cw 2 месяца назад

Yep. I hate that too.

@nickthurlow4456 Месяц назад

That's not a buccaneer it's a hawker p1127 😅

@SachaSommer Месяц назад

There is no device that defies gravity! Unintelligent title.

@davedixon2068 2 месяца назад

better to stop then land than land then stop

@markhill4526 2 месяца назад

Pity the supersonic verstion p1154 i think, got cancelled.

@glennsammon4465 2 месяца назад

that would have been a nice fighter attack plane. and maybe even upgraded as years went by to modern standards.

@michaelwong4303 Месяц назад

Very interesting. Why was there no modern successor to the Harrier today (The F35 is not quite the true Harrier)? and only a limited no of armed services purchased the aircraft in, er, not very large no?

@SpartacusPlanktonpants 2 месяца назад

OK, a bit confusing, I thought this would be about the Buccaneer pictured :-s

@mingfanzhang4600 2 месяца назад

😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊

@mingfanzhang8927 2 месяца назад

😊❤😊❤😊

@mmeeozzzaaa3421 Месяц назад

There's a parking brake on airplanes? Who knew.?!

@deang5622 26 дней назад

There is also a weather vane.

@williamwallace5857 2 месяца назад

Don't you read the comments? Change the Buccaneer to a Harrier FFS.

@frostyfrost4094 2 месяца назад

Does he really say Dunsford in Surrey

@richardhiggins6471 2 месяца назад

Dunsfold.

@dennisadams_dendad 2 месяца назад

Please change the thumbnail. That’s a buccaneer, not a Harrier. I wanted a film on the Buck. You are misleading people. At the very least, change the title to include the word “Harrier” or “P1127”

@junaidymohdmomen3219 Месяц назад

❤

@auro1986 2 месяца назад

at least cheaper than your f35

@chrissmith2114 2 месяца назад

Britain made these but scrapped them, while other nations still use them.....

@tonypate9174 5 дней назад

INCOMING....The Voice of doom and gloom with a hint of Dad of Cats , And the occasional "not smart ,thinks" Stumble over the most basic words ...Bless him

@robbiepemberton Месяц назад

we should never have got rid of Harrier

@jamesragus1577 2 месяца назад

Complimentary algorithm enhancement comment!😊

@mannyromero4511 Месяц назад

Nnnnooooooo....it didn't defy gravity. Basic aviation engineering: Put enough thrust behind it and you can make a brick fly......execpt the F-111 because to quote the United States Navy "Senator, there isn't enough thrust in Christendom to make fighter out of this airplane."

@wernleppan 2 месяца назад

🙈 at least try to get it right…that’s a Buc and most people watching will be aviation enthusiasts so this kind of thing just pisses them and myself off

@DownHereInChile 2 месяца назад

Wrong thumbnail ruined the video

@ChrisNewton-y9d Месяц назад

When we could build now we can't, buy American at greater cost lost so much in aviation skills 😮

@juneabbey9538 2 месяца назад

Oi! Click-bait alert. The thumbnail is a Blackburn Buccaneer, the video is about Harriers. How about a bit of honesty in advertising?\

@Gripen90 2 месяца назад

So disappointed, I came for the Buccaneer. The plane that as soon as the landing gear went up it descended to attack level.

@robwernet9609 2 месяца назад

So I'm sitting here reading about the p.1127/kestrel on a Wikipedia page while also watching this video. The commentary on this video is nearly word for word what's written on the page. So...plagiary. Dark skies, do better. I've always enjoyed your videos but this is silly. Nothing wrong with doing research as you wouldn't be able to do these vids without doing so, but what looks like clear plagiarism is unacceptable. You've swapped out a few words and phrases but some of its word for word from the Wikipedia page. That's low.

@njones2061 2 месяца назад

Get a life…you had so much time on your hands that you cross referenced this with wiki?! Your boring

@dragonbeard 2 месяца назад

Show your proof?

@mikhailjairnisbett441 2 месяца назад

Disliked for misleading thumbnail come on man there's no way you can know what you're talking about and make these mistakes. Update- changed thumbnail from buccaneer to the correct plane.

@PinkLasers 2 месяца назад

Silly vtol

@markrunnalls7215 Месяц назад

My dad saw a combat Lynx do a barrel role and he thought crikey how much did I drink he was coming out of the beer tent at the time ... To any yanks that was the helicopter who beat anything you had....😅😅😅

@markleuck 2 месяца назад

Initial image shows a Blackburn Buccaneer, wrong plane

@mauricio-wq5lu 2 месяца назад

This was truly a visionary design. The need for VTOL aircraft is still very underestimated.

@isthereanybodyoutthere9397 2 месяца назад

I agree. I live near RAF Manston, Kent UK which is sadly now closed to the most part, but I remember being at an Airshow one year when a Harrier hovered along the runway and back again. The truly startling thing was that it did the latter going backwards. A truly magnicent machine as it was to prove perfectly in the Falklands War. I also saw a documentary where a RAF Test Pilot wondered what would happen if you rotated the engines in level forward flight and he found it would lift upwards and could be lowered again just as simply. This technique was apparently honed by pilots, who could evade an enemy fighter by doing this when talied, lifting out of its way, letting it pass below, and drop behind it to attack it. It is a wonderful machine.

@mauricio-wq5lu 2 месяца назад

@@isthereanybodyoutthere9397 I still see the Harrier and AV8B as a more reliable aircraft than the F-35.

@royerrington4871 Месяц назад

WTF has happened to us as a Nation of engineers 😢

@mauricio-wq5lu Месяц назад

@@royerrington4871 The same thing that happened to the USA and other nations. Corporate CEOs and stakeholders with help from politicians sent real jobs overseas in their aspirations to go from a manufacturing economy to a service one.

@tryaluck Месяц назад

@@royerrington4871 If it's not a bank the political elite could not give a damn. The UK is one of the most corrupt developed countries in the world, politicians just hide it well. In fact they don't even hide it that well, the TSR-2 is a perfect example. You would have to be lobotomized to not realise that the government was paid off to scrap that project. Nearly 2 billion in today's money wasted. At a time when America was coincidentally trying to sell a competitor to the TSR-2, the f-111 aardvark. If the UK wasn't corrupt Harold Wilson would have been hung for treason.

@Mr.Boom_513 Месяц назад

I was an AV-8B Harrier ejection seat mechanic in the USMC. It was a very impressive bird, but an absolute maintenance hog. When I was in, they required about 19 man hours of maintenance per 1 engine hour.