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The Harrier, informally referred to as the Harrier jump jet, is a family of jet-powered attack aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing operations (V/STOL). Named after the bird of prey , [ 1 ] it was originally developed by British manufacturer Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s.
BAe test pilots cleared the aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias for Harrier operations in July 1989. The carrier, which replaced the World War II-era Dédalo , has a 12° ski-jump ramp . [ 138 ] [ 139 ] It was originally planned that the first unit to operate the aircraft would be the 8 a Escuadrilla .
The British Aerospace (BAe) P.1216 was a planned Advanced Short Take Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) supersonic aircraft from the 1980s. It was designed by the former Hawker design team at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England that created the Harrier family of aircraft.
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British jet-powered attack aircraft designed and produced by the British aerospace company Hawker Siddeley.It was the first operational ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the only truly successful V/STOL design of its era.
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Supersonic aviation startup Exosonic shut down in November after five years in business. The California-based startup was working on faster-than-sound jets for commercial and military use.
Overhead view of a Harrier GR9, 2006 A Harrier GR7 taking off from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Persian Gulf, 1998 Digitally manipulated image of the interior of a Harrier cockpit while preparing to take off from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, 2010. Data from Harrier II, Validating V/STOL [106] General characteristics. Crew: 1
Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, as it moves forward with developing aircraft able to launch ...