Ultimately, the Harrier would become the only truly successful Cold War-era V/STOL design. The jump jet was designed to eliminate the need for vulnerable runways in combat. Since airframes of this ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Nottinghamshire played a key role in developing the Harrier jump jet, which came into British military service in 1969 The 50th anniversary of a revolutionary aircraft has been marked at an event ...

When the British unveiled the Harrier GR.1 in 1967 – a “jump jet” capable of ... This was a design from the dawn of the jet age, when designs were not standardized and there was room for ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...