The AV-8B is a key component of the Marine Corps’ “all STOVL force” concept ... thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic ...

Aeronautic engineers have been tinkering with the concept of VTOLs for decades ... a VTOL would be something powered by a jet engine like the legendary Harrier jump jet, but that doesn't mean ...

A Harrier jet today crashed at an airfield, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. The jet, which had two crew on board, went down at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire shortly before 9.40am. One pilot ...

its successful test flights demonstrated the feasibility of VTOL and paved the way for future innovations like the Harrier jump jet and the F-35B. -The X-13’s vertical landing concept even ...