Are Harrier Pilots.... NORMAL???

[@kallum0919]

They are a ummm.......special breed, a heartfelt nozz nozz to all the Harrier legends

[@johnburke2689]

Thanks! Hello Tim, I just discovered your channel this morning and have been watching your videos all afternoon. Love your channel and your perspective. I am in lock-step agreement with you on the Ukraine debacle, DEI, etc. I flew Harriers in the USMC a long time ago and spent 4 years as a Naval Flight Instructor. Thank you for the outstanding service you are currently providing via your channel and sharing your perspective and experience. Semper Fi! John Burke

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thank you John, that means a lot and I trained two USMC AV8B guys on Hawk a few years back. They were lovely guys, talented too. Anything I can help with, just ask.

[@VincentVincent-s9t]

Your the truly chosen ones. Amazing capabilities, amazing.

[@jamescoker822]

How many Harrier pilots does it take to change a lightbulb? One, he stands still and the rest of the world turns round!! I spent many years working with the UK harrier, miss those guys. My absolute favourite module!

[@VincentVincent-s9t]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 salute.

[@Streaky100001]

I think the issue with inputing the wind is it was looking for it in format XXXdegrees/YYYkts, so it wanted 180/010, rather than 180/10..... but who needs to worry about wind, just full power and hope.... which is exactly what you want to hear a pilot say................

[@guitargamery777]

im so glad finding this channel randomly, for the first time YT made the right decision to have this video on the home page, tx Sir!!

[@stevecowham1017]

Nice job Tim! I was on ex. Lionheart looking after Harriers in a forest, 'somewhere in Germany' in the 80's. My Spartan CVRT was right next to the end of the improvised runway. Let me tell you, they're fu**in LOUD. My section was on a patrol about 600m from the perimeter. We set up a listening post and I was desperate for a piss. I moved away from the section about 20 ft and found a couple of Belgium troops watching in the direction of where we'd been. Anyway, we disarmed them and 'took them prisoner'. On returning a bloke was doing the rounds asking if anyone wanted a flight in a Harrier. (It was endex then). I really wanted to do it. I asked him how much it was. He told me it was a tenner for a 10 min flight, which was a good deal of dosh to an SAC then. I then asked where the dosh was going. He said, 'to the officers mess'. To which I replied, 'no way are they getting my money. Biggest regret. Never mind my nose, cut off my head from pride. Learned from that mate. Grab the opportunity in front of you.

[@stevecowham1017]

Forgot to say, I built my own paramotor. Loads of fun with that. Got up to 8500 ft AGL on a 100cc motor once. Still have it.

[@marcosavila8215]

im so happy that you are on DCS i use to follow your videos about transitioning to the civilian world, and now i found this..i had no idea that you were messing around DCS as well, is always amazing to see a real pilot in DCS, i come from a family of pilots myself, my grandfather was a pilot on the Portuguese air force, my father as well and since i was the black sheep of the family i was just an aircraft maintenance Sargent on the Portuguese AF for 8 years , not anymore, im a musician, music producer now, once again tx for the videos

[@FastJetPerformance]

I run the Shadowlands Online Flight School, if you ever want to get into learning DCS with some great people, come and join us, would be great to have you there.

[@data790]

My favourite aircraft. Sadly, my 7.5 years RAF service as MTD was mostly at non-airfield bases. I never served in the real RAF and left very disappointed. Hey ho, it is what it is. Love these videos. Cheers, Sir😁

[@carlseddon2392]

This is how good fighter jocks are in the RAF. And tim was a tonka jock front line

[@watson946]

Lowestoft, I remember that day, I was on guard duty. We'd spent the previous week prepping it for displays, new engine, lovely 20 Sqn artwork on the fin. I said to the guy I was on guard with, 'oh shit, I helped fit the wing and fin to that', he said, 'i prepped the engine'. Soon after it became clear it was Tony's error, phew!

[@peenergysolutionslimited8903]

Great commentary and spot on humour.

[@arthur9924]

My uncle is a former Sea Harrier pilot. This video made my day, you are a hilarious.

[@rjds1800]

Love the Micky taking on the Harrier guys...

[@staubsauger2305]

So slick its sick. Great vertical landings, I can't believe these are your first attempts without swimming. Nobody makes their first jump, not even Neo. I remember a retired RAF 1st Sqn Harrier pilot telling me they'd come back to the boat with 90 seconds of fuel remaining. I'm surprised any of them lived past 40 years old with the coronary-inducing pucker factor of that. For DCS folks learning the Harrier you may want to remember to turn ALT warning off when you start, otherwise you will be driven completely bonkers and end up rambling to yourself in KZbin videos. You wouldn't want that to happen :) Cheers Tim. Sometime you might want to try out how bizarrely different the AV-8B's TGP controls are from the other DCS jets (Hornet/Viper) ?

[@FastJetPerformance]

Just waiting for the heart rate to drop first!

[@CameTo]

They recently updated the tpod stuff on the Harrier in DCS. It's been my favourite CAS module for a while. It's like the a10c, only faster, with the ability to hover, and work off ships.

[@504smudge]

I was a stacker on Happy 4 at cott between 2000 and 2004, awesome times.

[@BaronFlyingClub]

Having only ever flown the Av8 in VR I have to say it is now my favorite aircraft by far, the T7a Red Hawk takes a very close second place.

[@Madeyes6]

I worked on the harrier OCU for 15 years. They certainly had their quirks. Also tonkas in Saudi & even a few weeks on the Hawk T1 at Leeming. Absolutely hated the tornado, loved the harrier & wasn’t on the hawk long enough really. But at my age it meant a lot of painful crawling about.

[@FastJetPerformance]

What did you hate about Tornado, lol?

[@Madeyes6]

@@FastJetPerformance over engineered, badly designed & hideous to work on. Though I will say that they seem to be very durable after seeing them in Saudi. The hawk was like working on a mk2 escort 😆 I’m just back from Saudi so no pc at the moment but I might sign up with you guys once I get a new pc. I always wanted to find an ex harrier pilot in Saudi to fly on my VR system & let me know how realistic it was but there was none there. I’m guessing they didn’t want to lower themselves to flying a Tonka 🤣

[@FastJetPerformance]

@@Madeyes6 no worries, let me know if you need any help with PC specs, etc.

[@Madeyes6]

@@FastJetPerformance thanks. It’ll be a high performance PC. 3080 or higher. I am waiting for your review of your new pedals actually as my Saitek ones are about 16 year old. I won’t be until after March I’d imagine as I have to buy a house first haha. It’s the harrier engineers reunion this weekend so there should be some grow bags milling around with Pims & milk (apparently).

[@Electricfox]

"So easy to pull the wrong lever innit?" *Nods in Lowestoft*

[@IIurricane]

Love your attitude, awesome video. Would like to see more Harrier stuff on your channel. 👍

[@rayF4rio]

USMC F4s in real life, usually fly the F18 module. This makes me want to give the Harrier module a go. 😂 It's all about enjoying the ride, and you do! Always loved our Brit exchange guys!

[@FastJetPerformance]

Apparently the F-4 is coming out at some point so you can relive the PTSD as I will when the Tornado is released!

[@timbo1093]

Slick presentation style , passing good levels of information in short bursts , more technical stuff on the flying hair dryer please

[@HUSKY7-1]

I can only guess at the words per minute of your inner monologue when task based in everyday life. Very entertaining

[@njcr4688]

Comedy as always Tim. The harrier is by far my favourite plane on dcs at the moment. You've earnt your milk

[@S3NTRY]

The title alone is worth the price of admission.

[@starr_helix6770]

Nozz nozz Tim, verily enjoyed. Dilly Dilly! 👍👍

[@daveking7370]

Bloody hell you can talk for England

[@peenergysolutionslimited8903]

When you are flying us pilots tend to do that! In do that when out in the heli.

[@SimDeck]

Superb. "It's like a Tornado just shitter"

[@SimDeck]

@The Black Baron I was quoting what he said.......never mind.

[@lenfirewood4089]

Such enthusiasm but what makes the difference is that is is very well INFORMED enthusiasm. A shamateur like myself would be so overwhelmed will all the settings I need to make I would be struggling not to crash the damn thing! 😂

[@FastJetPerformance]

Coem join the school, Len - loads of us in there and great fun!

[@marcosavila8215]

dude....perfect landing!!! once a pilot always a pilot

[@dkoz8321]

My favorite DCS module! No Harrier aviators are not normal. But they are not abbeynormal either. In fact, IMHO, in some regimes, Harrier is a safer aircraft to fly, then any other fixed wing fast jet. Landing in near zero viz weather on conventional runway. As long you are within proper gross weight. That is no stores, except 2 X AIM-9M, and 1500 lbs of fuel or less (900-1000 is best), you can approach using AWLS (ILS) and TACAN, with low sub 100 knots IAS, at low 5 AOA. At 1000 lbs of fuel or less, you dont need water. Have it on, but running out is not a disaster.With nozzles at 60% you can safely approach threshhold at 50-60 knots IAS. Thats speed of a car on motorway. You have plenty of time and power to correct approach, or execute missed approach. At 50-60 knots, you can approach runway from an azimuth straight into wind, being mindfull of obstacles. Carrier landings are far easier in Harrier then in F/A-18C or A-4E. Two things. Harrier does not like crosswinds. When crabbing to touchdown, straighten flightpath just before touch down, or suffer damaged outrigers. Harriers do not like snap high G rolls and sustained high G turn. AV-8 is not an F-16 or Mig-29 or F/A-18C. IMHO, most difficult dask in DCS:ABV-8B and in DCS as a whole is inflight refueling a Harrier. This is DCS equivalent of Daniel-son catching fly with chopsticks. Harrier pilot should fight air-air like a barn cat. Quick vicious strike with claws, then separate and run away. So don't seek dogfights. If caught, turn to kill or fire a Fox2 putting threat on defensive. Then either kill with second FOX2, or guns, separate and runaway. If possible. I wish RAZBAM would add Scorpion HMQS and AIM-9X Blk II. Better yet, make it Harrier Plus+ replacing ARBS with radar, and adding AIM-120 as a munition.

[@davefloyd9443]

That's interesting. Just goes to show what a flexible design the Harrier truly was. There is the AV8-B's legendary air to ground accuracy, and yet the Sea Harrier guys were dangerous A2A opponents. They could kill you at range with their radar and AMRAAM's, or if you got through to the merge, they could out turn you by 'nozzle biting'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4vCc4B4e8iWfNE&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

[@dkoz8321]

@@davefloyd9443 Sea Harrier pilots did not have AMRAAM during Falklands. They did have then new and classified AIM-9L Sidewinder. First effective all aspect version of Missile. Argentinians had older narrow cone rear aspect AIM-9C on their A-4B and C Skyhawks. Argentinian Air Force had IAI Nesher and Mirage III with early Python missiles , which were also rear aspect. But that MirageIII , Nesher, Python combination had distinguished itself during 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars. What differentiated Royal Navy pilots and Argentinian airmen was level of training, competence, and institutional culture. Argentinians were NOT incompetent or untrained. Quote reverse , and got their hits in. Especially in air anti-surface warfare. Sinking number of British vessels. Royal Navy had advantage in two attack submarines in theater, against which Argentinians had no defense. Their ASW capabilities were Korean War level , and had no way to counter British nuclear powered boats, which had no need to refuel or recharge batteries. It was Royal Navy attack submarines that drove Argentinian Navy to port, where they stayed, after cruiser Belgrano was sunk. All Argentinian Navy strikes , after sinking, were done by Argentinian Naval Aviation Skyhawks .

[@davefloyd9443]

@dkoz8321 I know. I didn't say they had Fox 3 during Falklands. Good info, though, thanks. Funny how Tim takes the Mickey out of the Harrier boys and their 'Milky Noz Noz antics'. The RAF guys who did the exchange transfer to Sea Harrier, when interviewed, have said the Navy Pilots were unbelievably good.

[@DougieWotherspoon]

Been missing the content lately Tim. Great as always 👍👍

[@AdmV0rl0n]

Impressed at no water usage. The weight limits and water limits are what I think scare me on the plane. Outside of that, I *think* a lot of the in hovver is about staying sane and not thinking about being too clever.. Great Vid!

[@AdmV0rl0n]

@The Black Baron I thought that it was required in cases where the Harrier was still loaded with kit. I noted that for landing or taking off, the wing mounted wheels have speed limitations - which makes landing on a rolling basis very tricky! Cheers

[@AdmV0rl0n]

Are you an Ex Harrier pilot?

[@AdmV0rl0n]

@The Black Baron Heh - if you like some warthunder in lower tiers, we play for fun, you'd be welcome to come fly if you like!

[@VincentVincent-s9t]

MY GOD ,I WAS WITH YOU TIM. Sphincter twitching stuff. Brave men !

[@globalnomad450]

Harrier pilots, so an ex Harrier pilot told me, were the cream of the cream in the Air Force. We did base training in an A300 a long time ago. He slammed the plane into the ground on one of his landings. He told us it was going all well down to the last 30ft. The. Went horribly wrong. So basically we can confirm they are the cream of the cream down to the last 30ft….

[@elta6241]

No. Helicopters are bad enough, but to be able to cope with a plane that does something that is completely unnatural like this you have to have a few screws loose.

[@Mark_Point]

👍👍 Well you remembered the milk, but forgot the water... 😂😂 Great entertaining vid. Thanks!

[@guitargamery777]

a guy on a jet " yeeee we are going to the boat" that was actually funny

[@jamessmythe3873]

Class as usual Tim, Great video. We had a Rabbit….absolutely destroyed the house. Even his ‘Special ‘cuddly toy couldn’t calm him down, unfortunately Dave ended up getting Foxigised. Oh…..have you been bitten yet? My finger was sore for weeks!

[@FastJetPerformance]

The girl one gives a 'toothy' lick, lol!

[@leesmavicmoments5598]

For you tim , would flying the harrier but like me going from modern, say astra or focus to a Mk 3 escort in terms of Modern tech power steering etc. Regards lee

[@WarrenPostma]

Hello Wheatley, I see they've put you in an RAF squadron. Cracking good, that.

[@dazzaslazza]

I’ve flown with 4 ex harrier pilots in my career so far. All top blokes!

[@CalliesFamily]

Love it! I found when programming the FDAT on the VREST/STO the wind speed is 3 digits - 10 knots is 010 (don't ask me why). RDIST and RHEAD can't be programmed if you have FDRY colonised... again, don't ask me why.... you made it look easy! I love the Harrier though, great fun!

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thanks, Ian - much appreciated.

[@VincentVincent-s9t]

He'll sir. I think now I understand, why you speak so dam quick. Your used to this madness ,how the hell does anyone learn all that. And without dying, you mentioned your mates that died. It was in mid air,not on the runway was it ,to flip a plane. Pretty hard to do,flip on takeoff, but what do I know. Hat off to you Tim, you can do that ,your capable of driving, piloting anything. I love these cockpit videos, amazing.

[@SteDews]

I hear congrats are in order for the new Aeralis contract, top work boss

[@neilallso400]

You remind me of my pilot friend Deezee. Same sense of humor. Great video sir.

[@stevenbennett3922]

On the flight deck of a C130 many moons ago at Gutersloh, yes that's how long ago it was. Hercy pilot waved to the passing GR and was blanked by the pilot. Happy days. How do you they are Harrier pilots. Simples, they will tell you.

[@adrianflower3230]

Great intro to boat life, thanks 👍 "Get off your horse and drink your milk!" - John Wayne - seems appropriate (never said it though, bit like beam me up scotty! )

[@FlightSimMuseum]

The real action kicks off at 13:50

[@tonyhaynes9080]

I was lucky enough to be on 4 squadron in Gutersloh when they were flying the leaping heaps.

[@bushje]

Awesome skillz fam!

[@zeberdee1972]

I thought you did well , saw a lot worse with the OCU . Still it's a lot less bother with a hover and it cuts the grass nice to . Now back to the mess for a pint of milk .

[@VmcgHD]

Legendary banter! Just make sure the milk is body temperature. Otherwise the toys are thrown! 😂😂

[@yappydawg8985]

Jets that hover are just ... weird and unnatural. The AV8B is a great CAS platform though and hovering means you don't have to fly hundreds of miles getting to and from your target. I have learned to love the unnatural. Nice boat landing. I haven't managed to do that yet. The transition always gets me.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

It's definitely a very British plane being so off the wall and eccentric. Crazy to think the Kestrel (the pre service model) first flew in 1960 😳 Abd they were working on it from 1957 ! 13 years after WW2.

[@theafro]

With the harrier, if you have to think about it, you've already lost the aircraft. That's what makes harrier pilots different, the fact that they're all a bit odd is just a coincidence.

[@GotSpaceGame]

Love your vids! I'm hoping we're gonna start seeing Tornado content from you when it gets released?

[@John-pn4rt]

if you're really good you could have an extra slice of quiche as well!

[@Motorman2112]

DVD anti-piracy ads: "You wouldn't download a car": Tim Davies: 1:40.

[@peterbarker4222]

You can always tell an ex harrier jock. You just can’t tell them much.

[@jameshewitt8828]

Question Tim, that witches hat in the hud, is that the ADL (armament datum line)?

[@FastJetPerformance]

I also believe it's called the 'waterline' and I see it as the wing chord line or the line from nose to tail but I'd have to dive into the manual and get back to you.

[@jameshewitt8828]

@@FastJetPerformance yeah like a longitudinal boresight line. In the apaches we had a ADL that you would boresight your weapons/sensors to.

[@FastJetPerformance]

@@jameshewitt8828 I reckon that's probably it - I'll check the correct definition.

[@andrewhenly9057]

Best groundcrew, ever, fact. VSTOL til I die.

[@CODMODDERZ360]

Might be an idea to use H2O injection next time you hover!

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thought I'd save it but I could have armed it anyway.

[@AmirFortrade]

For a second, I thought you were landing a drift car on tarmac.

[@rationaleatheist8769]

I’m pretty sure we now know who drank all the coffee :-)

[@thespectator2976]

Fantastic, gave me a great smile and laugh :) PERFECT :)

[@eraserlaser]

''cooking my flaps'' lol

[@Ben-ox6wd]

Ah yes, 12 minute video he says….. it’ll be fine he says…….. 27 MINUTES ?!?!?!

[@zeberdee1972]

Love the humour by the way .

[@BunkerMonkeyUK]

My brothers a Harrier DCS Pilot, he's special. Hahaha

[@Karl-Benny]

wonder how the Harrier would be with modern fly by wire computers

[@gregtaylor6146]

Tim ..... you KNOW you joined the RN just to fly the Harrier right??? 😉

[@mike747436]

Normal? Nah, special; but you already knew that!😆

[@MrPantss]

New to the channel, where do you get this simulator?

[@FastJetPerformance]

DCS World - it's free but the aircraft cost a little - come join us and we'll help you get set up :)

[@MrPantss]

@@FastJetPerformance I will thank you ….

[@SDsc0rch]

SILENCE THAT ALARM!!

[@MattJones675GR9]

I've only managed to land the Harrier on a boat once.. Well it ended up with collapsed gear and engulfed in flames.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Totally counts 👍

[@MattJones675GR9]

@@FastJetPerformance I'll put in some practice tonight. Seems daft to only fly the Harrier exclusively and not be able to carrier land it

[@ccrDan]

Cooking your flaps 😂😂

[@simonpeart7981]

What did Harrier pilots think of the Tornado pilots?

[@FastJetPerformance]

They all wanted to fly with Terrain Following Radar and move the wings and each community respected each other. We all wanted to play with each others jets - I'd keep my Tornado, though - I liked having two engines and another pair of eyes in the jet.

[@paulwhitmore4240]

Brilliant

[@snipercwf]

I don't know what that is. Why'd you click it, then? I don't know. 😂

[@sahhull]

My uncle was a QRA Lightning pilot before converting to the Jaguar. He's certainly not normal. Its just a fast jet thing. The Harrier.. Its a Razbam module, some things dont work, some things will never work, somethings are bugged and somethings are bugged and will never be fixed.

[@LtColDavenport]

"How to slow this thing down? Probably brakes" Nope. Nozzle. When touchdown, with all gears, set nozzle to 98, regardless it was a Short or Conventional landing. Using brakes at those speed may either breaks them or make you slip and tip over.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Yes, central undercarraige caused me some confusion over this - much appreciated.

[@suchevski]

Good that.

[@garryhenley7938]

Landing on a Submarine..LOL RN Skimmer

[@zeberdee1972]

After 8 years at RAF Wittering with Harriers are Harrier pilots normal !!! .......Well they try to vector their thrust to the bar and tend to hover around it for a long time making a lot of noise , usually followed by the end of the night with a vertical landing to the floor some times with a bounce . Then they revert to type and find a nice bush to park themselves in and have a nice sleep . Other than that i thought they was normal......ish lol .

[@incargeek]

Rabbits! What happened to EL Pheasidente?

[@FastJetPerformance]

Releastonised into the wildolar! She is a dicklord but we see her occasionally!

[@hjr2000]

What's with the ghetto fam talk? 😃

[@rrocketman]

Legit crazy :D

[@jayerjavec]

Let's start with basics: What is Normal?

[@FastJetPerformance]

Fair point 😂

[@johnhudghton3535]

How do you stop a Harrier from making that aweful whining noise? - Remove the pilot....

[@hunterr1ar727]

Sharkey Davies....😆😆

[@FastJetPerformance]

😂😂😂

[@tlangdon12]

They aren't normal, any I'm guessing that most 'normal' people have no idea how different Harrier pilots are.

[@CameTo]

I l saw a Harrier documentary once, and they told wooden jokes for the camera like "I get to speed, but legally this time" so if that's the standard - I get you

[@rainerskommodau2880]

Are Harrier Pilots.... Normal??? => NO 😁

[@patrickoneill2726]

My dad got electrocuted inside a harrier 🤣

[@jenseninsulation2202]

If this guy was my flying instructor I doubt I would be able to catch everything he was saying. God help us if he becomes an air traffic controller....

[@evansnyder8461]

19:23 According to closed captioning it’s reasonable for the Nazis

[@F14DSUPERTOMCAT]

WEEEEE

[@TheShaolinfunk]

It's like a Tornado, just a bit more shit! Hoofin remark.

[@garethroberts9223]

Le Jonde!

[@EthanolEnthusiast]

You're fucking funnnnny man

[@moonbaby6134]

They are the submariners of the RAF. A bit like FLM’s and plumbers. In other words…nutters.

[@125brat]

Ahhh,,,, Phlegms.....What a lovely breed😬

[@neilsbs8273]

Ship FFS 🤣 Boats go on ships, ships dont go on boats 🤣🤣 Bloody crabs 🤣🤣