T he heritage of British Aerospace is a star studded line-up of iconic aircraft from the hero of the Battle of Britain, the ...

Two Royal Navy British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 from 800 Naval Air Squadron, assigned to the aircraft carrier HMS ‘Illustrious (R06), approach the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft ...

The British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS1 entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980, during an era in which most naval and land-based air superiority fighters were large and supersonic.

The introduction of the British Aerospace Sea Harrier variant, informally known to its crews as the “Shar,” in particular took place in 1979, and not a moment too soon as the Falklands War ...