Despite various design refinements in the AV8-B, the updated Harrier is still regarded as difficult to fly. The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest ... Harrier is ...

In a bold move during the Cold War, British engineers developed a fighter jet that could take off vertically—the Harrier. Powered by the innovative Pegasus engine, the Harrier became the first ...

A Harrier jet today crashed at an airfield ... Both men ejected from the plane, a Royal Navy Sea Harrier, as it crashed on take-off at the end of the runway at 9.37am. It was attempting a normal ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Despite various design refinements in the AV8-B, the updated Harrier is still regarded as difficult to fly. The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in ...