AV-8B Harrier II Single-Engine Ground-Attack Aircraft: A Look At Back At The History And Innovation

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[@jameswhyard2858]

Did you forget to mention tg Harrier Pad and its assembly by Royal Engineers?

[@boggy8557]

So cool! Loving all the inside info.

[@Biketunerfy]

They were fantastic fighter bombers Harriers. The Royal Navy used them to fantastic effect in the Falkland’s war. So versatile. I still haven’t seen any in private hands that are flying.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

The Harriers and the Saab Draken then Vigen .. aircraft desighned to fight from improvised and dispersed strips. Cold war warriors who whent hot when they were needed.. and in the Harriers case from the prototype kestrel to the AVB took on jobs in places and against opposition and aquited themselves with distinction against all kinds of trouble. Still remember an RAF harrier do its hover ballet and take a bow at Farnborough air show with Ramond Baxter ex spitfire Pilot British TV presenter and commentator taking a ride in the Two seat trainer version. 😎

[@Nimitz0609]

US Marines don’t retire AV - 8 B that is power of CAS Mission.

[@busterdee8228]

I was at Pax when this, and F-18, were tested. I liked the looks of the original better.

[@Thomas-wi7ti]

St.Marys county native here. They're all bad ass and unique machines. My favorite is still the osprey considering it was born right in my backyard.

[@randygravel2057]

It’s cool cause it just vectors its thrust down, when it wants to go forward it vectors it back. It doesn’t use a lift fan like f35. I think the Harriors way is more elegant

[@lifesahobby]

Thanks

[@williamhilbert8324]

The classic active duty porn stache rocked one back in the day lol

[@mysticmoose6123]

Always worth having closed captioning on. LoL

[@WakeMarine]

Ugliest airplane in the world until it takes flight. VMA-211 Airframes.

[@ianbeedles1329]

I wish you American narrators would learn the *correct* way to pronounce English place names, towns, cities and counties. In this day and age it is a simple task to *research* how it is supposed to be said.😊

[@Dronescapes]

Do you even wonder how Italians managed to survive with barely anyone, except them, being able to pronounce the name of history icons such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, or simply Ferrari? You rarely hear an Italian complaining about everyone butchering the name of of their masters, or even the name of simple things like mozzarella, and this has been going on for 500 years. It is extremely likely, unless you are Italian, that you mispronounced names 1000s of times, and that is OK 😉

[@Biketunerfy]

@@Dronescapes yes but Italians are not native English speakers like both Britain and America and that’s the difference. It all comes down to slight accent differences but I would not expect an Italian to name a British town properly and an Italian by the same token would not expect an English speaking person from the Anglo sphere to pronounce Italian words properly.

[@Dronescapes]

I was being mainly sarcastic. Usually the classic pronunciation battle focuses on aluminum.

[@Biketunerfy]

@@Dronescapes I know, it’s sad isn’t it 😂. I was once at the cash machine at the bank in Spain and this American lady spent ages at the machine and I got fed up and asked her does she need any help, I speak Spanish. She said “yes, I’m trying to find the American flag to get it to display English instead of Spanish”. So I went up there and pressed on the British flag, looked at her and her eyes opened wide and she went bright red and said “That’s right, We never invented the language oh I’m so embarrassed”. Gave me a good laugh when I got round the corner, I was biting my bottom lip trying not to laugh.

[@Dronescapes]

That's funny!