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  2. Hawker Siddeley Harrier - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Harrier jump jet - Wikipedia

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    The Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1/GR.3 and the AV-8A Harrier were the first generation of the Harrier series, the first operational close-support and reconnaissance attack aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities. These were developed directly from the Hawker P.1127 prototype and the Kestrel evaluation aircraft.

  4. List of Harrier variants - Wikipedia

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    Harrier GR.3 Featured its sensors (such as a laser tracker in the lengthened nose and radar warning receiver on the fin and tail boom) and a further uprated (21,500 lbf (95.9 kN)) Pegasus 11 (Pegasus Mk 103). [7] [8] A total of 40 new built, with last delivered in December 1986, [9] and about 62 converted from GR.1/GR.1As. [10] AV-8A Harrier

  5. Rolls-Royce Pegasus - Wikipedia

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    The Pegasus 11 powered the first generation Harriers, the RAF's Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3, the USMC AV-8A and later the Royal Navy's Sea Harrier. The Pegasus 11 produced 21,000 lbf (93 kN) and entered service in 1974. Pegasus 14 (Mk.104) Navalised version of the Pegasus 11 for the Sea Harrier, same as the 11 but some engine components and ...

  6. British Aerospace Harrier II - Wikipedia

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    RAF Harrier GR9 in flight, 2010. The Harrier II is an extensively modified version of the first generation Harrier GR1/GR3 series. The original aluminium alloy fuselage was replaced with one made extensively of composites, providing significant weight reduction and increased payload or range.

  7. List of Harrier operators - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of operators of the Harrier family of military V/STOL aircraft, designed and built in the United Kingdom and United States of America. The members of family were Hawker Siddeley P.1127, Hawker Siddeley Harrier (AV-8A), British Aerospace Sea Harrier, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, and British Aerospace Harrier II.

  8. Airfix - Wikipedia

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    Airfix was founded in 1939 by Hungarian businessman Nicholas Kove, initially to manufacture inflatable rubber toys. The brand name was selected so that it would be alphabetically the first in trade directories. [3] In 1947, Airfix introduced injection moulding, initially producing pocket combs.

  9. RAF Wittering - Wikipedia

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    From 1968 the station was known as the Home of the Harrier: the first Harriers arrived for No. 1(Fighter) Squadron in August 1969. [ 20 ] In May 1971, four aircraft from 1(F) Sqn operated from HMS Ark Royal , the first time the Harrier had operated from an aircraft carrier, under Wing Commander (later Sir) Kenneth Hayr , later killed at the ...