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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.
Pages in category "Films set on aircraft carriers" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The opening credits appear in outline block letters in light blue against the background of space, in the same style as the Superman films. [4]Many of the promotional items for this movie feature a stylised image from the film, of the male leads, standing in a similar pose to Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in posters from the Back to the Future franchise.
The Los Angeles Times reported in 2003 that the Harrier family had the highest rate of major accidents among military aircraft in service at that time, with 148 accidents and 45 people killed. [165] Author Lon Nordeen notes that several other USMC single-engine strike aircraft, like the A-4 Skyhawk and A-7 Corsair II , had higher accident rates.
In 1980, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for naval exercises in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The ship takes on a civilian observer, Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen) — a systems analyst for Tideman Industries working as an efficiency expert for the U.S. Department of Defense — on the orders of his reclusive employer, Mr. Tideman, whose secretive major defense ...
That’s twice the speed and 50% more altitude than leading widebody aircraft like the Boeing 787 or the Airbus A350 — as a result, Overture would travel between London and New York in about ...
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Pages in category "Films about time travel" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.