AV-8B Harrier II: The Pepsi Plane

The AV-8B Harrier II was developed by a team comprised of McDonnell Douglas, British Aerospace, and Rolls-Royce. Back in the 90s this aircraft cost almost 30 million dollars. Or, 7 million Pepsi points! It was based on the 1957 British-designed Hawker-Siddley Kestrel and went through a series of extensive upgrades. This aircraft is from the first V/STOL fighter jet family. And even though it is subsonic and not designed as a fighter, the 1st generation of this aircraft saw dogfight action during the Falkland War and held its own against Argentine’s Mirage jet fighters. U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf named this aircraft as one of several important weapons in the Gulf War. The Harrier II is the first combat aircraft to employ composite materials extensively. With the help of the its unique nozzles Harrier II can perform a special air maneuvre called VIFF’ing that is making radically tight, controlled turns. The Harriers were supposed to be retired, but the F-35's delays and a review that not only altered how the Marines used the Harrier but also revealed that the airframes still had a lot more flight time in them than had been previously believed gave them a second chance.
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[@Interestingengineeringofficial]

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[@birdsoup777]

My favorite Aircraft. I saw one at MCAS El Toro Airshow in Irvine in 1992. I will not forget how awesome it its.

[@AA-xo9uw]

The Brits abandoned work on the Harrier II from 1975 - 1981 due to lack of money. They returned after McDonnell Douglas had completed the overwhelming majority of the redesign and political forces had changed in the UK.

[@Adrian-jk4kx]

1982 Falklands War UK was already using the Sea Harrier and Harrier fully operational ..in action .. !!??

[@Ezekiel903]

Italy did an upgrade to their Harrier fleet, they are now fully 4 gen. aircraft, stronger engine, new Radar and weapon systems and heavy carry capacity. Australia should have done the same, much cheaper as the F35

[@JonM-ts7os]

@@Adrian-jk4kx First version not the best version.

[@suwhoop123]

@@Ezekiel903cheaper and waaaay less advanced than f35

[@peterd788]

This video really understates the incredible British engineering that made this possible. The fundamental technology was decades ahead of anything else.

[@ramsram2418]

I saw it the first time in my favorite PS2 game Metal Gear Solid 2

[@heavyarms01h]

It also was prominently featured in "Transformers: Bumblebee." One of the movie's two villains, Decepticon Shatter, transformed into a Harrier as well as a muscle car.

[@bsdaldal]

I need one of these...

[@Hornet4]

You wont catch me in a Pepsi ad boi

[@chancepaladin]

mmm that engine just gives me all the chills

[@RetroAmateur1989]

Aviators gonna AV-8

[@annkennedy7935]

That is very interesting:FIFi the Dog:Jane spoke French:✔️ ❤

[@annkennedy7935]

I actually saw one crash incidentally: indeed

[@huhufbez]

Keep it up 🤟✊

[@ПетърИванов-ю9й]

A very interesting airplane!

[@mehmetturkmen40]

Amazing 😮

[@Higgs666]

VMA-223 and VMA-542 represent

[@JakeHunter2010]

Jet so damn good Pepsi almost gave one away lol. The netflix doc about this bird is hilarious. #jakehunter88

[@4_youtube_is_dead]

sound salty

[@AA-xo9uw]

Kimba Wood tossed that lawsuit.

[@Adrian-jk4kx]

Eh...The British invented this aircraft and it did a fine job in the Falklands 1982.. it was upgraded by Mcdonnel Douglas.....The Martin B57 was also an upgrade of the Canberra Bomber ( another British Aircraft) Also of note is the P51 Mustang..it only became worthy of its name after the insertion of a British designed ( but improved ) Rolls Royce Merlin Engine.

[@chuckdales5605]

Old warrior

[@beyest]

Cool plane !

[@effingsix3825]

I wonder what would happen if the Pegasus was upgraded to a counter-rotating turbine set up(the Vulcan bomber has counter-rotating turbine engines,) along with a more stealthy configuration?

[@kyler2744]

It is a contra-rotating engine

[@effingsix3825]

@@kyler2744 Yeah, there’s supposed to a book on the Pegasus. One day…

[@jameshamilton2714]

SAINT LEW-ISSS, YOU REGAL SONUVA

[@Interestingengineeringofficial]

US-based startup claims its VTOL will have Mach 0.66 cruise speed and over 11,000 miles of range. 👉 ie.social/N26nN

[@fusiliers1]

American SHUT UP Us Brits designed NOT you

[@alanbadilla7003]

11 thousand miles of range????🤦‍♂️🤔

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Oh my God! I would call it Poopsy and not a Pepsi.

[@BenjaminHarness-j2k]

Kockah cola vvins 😂❤

[@munsurahmedmunsurahmed1838]

IS IT Helicopter SYSTEM?

[@NKSTREEEMZ]

Where can I buy

[@HamzaLock12]

لو كنت وزير الذفاع اشتريت 200 av 8b 200f 15 200 super hornet 200 f14 tomcat

[@will891410]

Its time to invest on antigravity planes with non combustion propulsion systems.

[@29madmangaud29]

Pepsi plane?

[@carlosalvendia5860]

Long story about Pepsi bottles and military equipment

[@29madmangaud29]

Well, sorry, the MCAS in Yuma, used to be a Harrier base, NOW: No Harriers on the base! Sorry!

[@JJCBC7269]

No problem, but MCAS Miramar and MCAS Cherry point still have Harrier Squadrons. Nice try.😊

[@mariosailas390]

​@@JJCBC7269 There's no Harriers on Miramar😂

[@JJCBC7269]

@@mariosailas390 Okay. If you say so. Unless they have been completely Replaced By the F-35B. VTOL, there were still AV-8B HarrierII VTOL Squadrons stationed at MCAS Miramar

[@JJCBC7269]

@@29madmangaud29 Harriers Were never stationed in Yuma That was A Helicopter Squadron base only.

[@HamzaLock12]

Next we work about the projects in 2060 we have a new generation fighter jet this fighter jet av 8 harier f 18 super hornet f16 f 15 f 35 yf 22 yf 23 a 14 night wolv f 117 b2 sperit f 14 tomcat we are working this the the projects

[@annkennedy7935]

Same thing different day 🤠🤠🤠🐬🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@annkennedy7935]

Shit Jane my mother knew:🆔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✔️🐬🤠🤠🤠

[@HamzaLock12]

200 f16 200 f35

[@annkennedy7935]

That's OLD History: These people a 🤢: They have ruined the whole community: We Know: IWC: 🎥🐬🤠🤠🇺🇸💯 Just sayin' 🌎🆔🎥🎥🎥

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Deal 50units🇲🇾

[@annkennedy7935]

Fifi:✔️🌎🌎🌎🆔🆔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@29madmangaud29]

Those 1st models, the British ones, > THEY SUCKED! Our American Pilots "dropped" so many of those darned things!

[@Rybo65]

damn we got a real patriot here XD remember without those British harriers that "sucked" you wouldn't have your av8b and the gr7 could run rings around it in performance and combat effectiveness

[@Mr.mysterious76]

Are you dum*b, obviously the first model of a first of it's kind complex 1960's aircraft can't be as good as improved versions from it's future but it offered a blueprint for the ones that came later

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@Rybo65 Without all of the American taxpayer money funneled into the UK via the MWDP the Pegasus/Kestrel/Harrier never would have made it past the drafting table. Why didn't the Brits ever pay to equip their Harrier IIs with RADAR?

[@Rybo65]

@@AA-xo9uw it didn’t need radar it was a multi role not a designated fighter and the radar would have upset the COG and was unnecessary weight that it would have to vtol with

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@Rybo65 Yet the Marine Corps, Italy and Spain all equipped their Harrier II+s with the AN/APG-65 which had no impact on CG or the ability to takeoff or recover vertically.

[@keys5027]

I just wish it wasn’t so ugly 🫥

[@gamerhalim4717]

This plane kind sexy

[@huhufbez]

Btw change your narrator

[@amzadsiddique9097]

This is copy version of Russian yak 141

[@adozub3366]

F36b is a copy of the harrier

[@vigilante3916]

Yak 141 laughing in corner😂

[@AA-xo9uw]

"F36b"(sic) No such animal and the Lightning II is not a copy of the Kestrel/Harrier/SHAR/Harrier II

[@peterstubbs5934]

It didnt "hold its own" against the Arge Mirage and Skyhawks, it OBLITERATED them. It also took on F5`s piloted by American "Aggressor" squadron pilots and obliterated them, it then took on American F15`s and wiped the floor with them as well. See Sharky Wards "Sea Harrier Over The Falklands" book or audiobook.

[@Ferixstn]

ARGENTAINE? WHO THE FUCK IS ARGENTAINE