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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 a bird of prey, [1] it was originally developed by British manufacturer Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s. The Harrier emerged as the only truly successful V/STOL ...
AV-8B Harrier II Crashed in an unpopulated area of the desert south of Phoenix, Arizona. [196] 4 June 2014 United States Marine Corps: AV-8B Harrier II Crashed into California homes, pilot ejected safely. [197] 6 May 2016 VMA-542: AV-8B Harrier II Crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, circa 17:05 hours.
Italy ordered 16 Harrier II Plus and two twin-seat TAV-8B aircraft, while Spain signed a contract for eight aircraft. [42] Production of the AV-8B Harrier II Plus was conducted, in addition to McDonnell Douglas' plant, at CASA's facility in Seville, Spain, and Alenia Aeronautica's facility in Turin, Italy. The UK also participated in the ...
A United States Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier crashes spectacularly at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. During a vertical takeoff the aircraft rolls, drops to the runway, bounces into a ditch, bursts into flames, flips, and slides through a hangar and into a parking lot, where it damages more than 20 vehicles.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Harrier Jump Jet" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The first was the two-seat Harrier serial number XW925 with Wing Commander Peter Squire as a pilot and Norwegian Major Bjørnar Vollstad. [14] The aircraft left Tromsø at 14:27, nearly an hour after the crash. [15] They flew to a gunnery range near Setermoen, followed by Red 2, a Harrier GR.3.
The family of a 10-year-old boy who died in a jet ski collision in July has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Middle Tennessee Council for the Boy Scouts of America, according ...
A United States Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter-attack jet crashes, killing a student pilot and injuring a flight instructor. The aircraft had taken off from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma but was from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, stationed in San Diego. Capt. Douglas F. Aguilera, 33, of Paso Robles, Calif., was killed. Maj.