Cockpit View: AV-8B Harrier II Taking Off From USS Kearsarge. Pilot's Perspective

Capt. David Neely, an AV-8B Harrier Pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts flight operations off the USS Kearsarge (LHD3), Mediterranean Sea. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 6th Fleet's area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki/Released). 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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[@AArcticAA]

This is one of the best Sea Harrier cockpit videos I've seen. No music to ruin the experience... bravo.

[@user-xo5zh9xb5b]

AArcticAA This is not a Sea Harrier

[@Aeronaut1975]

That's not a Sea Harrier, it's an AV-8B. They're completely different machines. Only the UK and India have ever operated the "Shar" (Sea Harrier).

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Every pilot wants to improve their take offs and landings...that was great work !

[@palomalvalentin3150]

MACOPA

[@palomalvalentin3150]

MACOPA

[@87905588]

Awesome high frequency sound!

[@ThorandSharon]

Enjoyed the video! Thanks for posting!

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

Nice video, thanks for sharing. Love watching STOVL in action.

[@cb2bkef4]

Notice it says VMM 266 (reinforced). This means it is an osprey squadron that has been temporarily reinforced by other types of aircraft. So yea, this is VMM-266.

[@mantia39]

Incredible aircraft.👍

[@trenholmer1]

Well played. Great footage.

[@inimcrip]

harrier landing is awesome .,

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

Another British gift to the world.

[@suspicioususer]

Just like small pox and slavery.

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

A British Doctor discovered the CURE for smallpox. Please read some history before commenting. I presume that you are a child, so just be careful what you say. PS. Slavery goes back thousands of years. It was the British who STOPPED it.

[@tjp353]

john adams If you look into the history of the Harrier a little deeper, you'll see that it would have likely never made it into production (cancelled & scrapped - like so many other potentially great UK aircraft designs of the 50s & 60s), without the US. While it was originally designed & developed in the UK, it received significant US funding (through NATO) - in a program that supported promising foreign designs that could contribute to NATO' abilities. The US' own approach to VTOL design wasn't producing anything that resembled a useful combat aircraft - so they were very interested in the Harrier. After the P1127 concept demonstrator flew, the UK, US & W. Germany funded the Kestral. These 9 aircraft were evaluated by the RAF & RN & also by W.Germany & the US (USAF, Navy, Army & also 2 ended up going to NASA). It was this foreign interest, funding & testing that saved the project & led to the Harrier's survival. While the Harrier 1 / AV8A project was led by the UK, with work shared with the US, by the time the AV8B/Harrier2 was designed, McDonnell Douglas had taken the lead (due to the UK being reluctant to radically redesign it with a larger composite wing). BAe joined the project as a subcontractor, with 40% of the work share - the UK no longer 'led' the program, due to UK political lack of ambition (they favoured a less radical redesign). I'm not an American making erroneous patriotic claims - I'm a Brit & I like to give credit where it's due. I spent 2 years on the Harrier GR9 JUMP (Joint Upgrade & Maintenance Program) & it's a fascinating plane - a real 'Frankenstein's monster', regarding it's construction.

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

U.S money , but Brit brains.

[@tjp353]

john adams Mostly, but the UK/US Kestrel flight test & development partnership (the W. Germans dropped out & the US used their aircraft) contributed greatly to the finished Harrier 1 / AV8A. Test pilot evaluation & feedback is critical during development (fine tuning the aircraft design for the operational pilots who will later fly it in service). Regarding the training of Hawker test pilots Bill Bedford & Hugh Merryweather - they were invited to the US to fly the Bell X14 VTOL demonstrator (also flown by Neil Armstrong, during Apollo training), before the original P1127 flew, to familiarise themselves with VTOL take off & landing & transition to/from wing-borne flight. It was during the UK/US Kestrel flight test development program that the STOVL concept (as opposed to VTOL) was developed, as a way to increase combat radius and/or stores load. So while it was a British concept, after evaluating it for their own purposes, the US contributed to it's development into an operational aircraft. Of the surviving development aircraft on display, 3 P1127s are in English museums, with another in Scotland & 1 in Germany, while 1 Kestrel is in England and 4 (all with US serial numbers, one in a NASA livery) are in US museums. If only they had felt the same about TSR2...

[@Southpaw226]

He didn't seem to like the landing What went wrong?

[@youngassassin14]

VTOL/Short take off aircrafts are awesome

[@TaylorSmith-nr4og]

"You're fired!" - Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@nekochan4683]

True Lies HAHA

[@alastairward2774]

The only use of a Harrier in a movie I'm aware of, thankfully it was in the hands of James Cameron and it was fantastic.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Fantastic !! thanks matey.

[@Silenttreatment1975]

that was so awesome man.

[@pizzasubs]

just curious, those lines that are on the window above the pilots head, are they made like that for a certain reason?????

[@Hjskldilp]

+Andrew Silva It's an explosive cord to crack the canopy so the ejector seat doesn't have to do all the work. Generally the pilot ends up with a load of molten glass and third degree burns whenever their used. But hey, at least their alive.

[@pizzasubs]

+William Arnott Thank you so much for responding, so if the pilot has to eject from the jet I thought when he does, the whole Canopy just comes off of the jet and flies into the air, so if that explosive cord goes off, will it just blow a hole like you advised me in the top of the canopy and like you said when he goes up through that hole he probably will get cut quite a bit from the rest of the glass, right???? Thanks again

[@Hjskldilp]

Yeah, basically it's designed to shoot the glass to the left and right of the cockpit (outwards) but yes, the pilot can get considerable damage from glass shards and literally molten glass since the cords explode at such high temperature. But yes, you're right a large percentage of the canopy comes off, pretty much the entire thing besides the HUD shield at the very front of the cockpit... (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Ejectionseat.jpg) you can see in this image the glass goes left and right away from the pilot, but chances are he or she would still cop some richochet. Notice also the front of the cockpit stays connected as it has expensive pieces of technology which are designed to be destroyed with the plane if it were to go down.

[@pizzasubs]

thank you so very much, all question pretty much answered, and by the way, those ejection seats really do have quite a big motor on the back of them that propels the pilot out of the plane....

[@robertbrockway7301]

William Arnott Pure bullshit, it is the antenna you dumb fuck.

[@durasingh]

This is really cool!

[@MrBoognet]

Is the auto dog working?

[@cecere85]

Looks like it could be VMA-231 based on the tail markings. Is the pilot wearing a shemagh?

[@mcleanac3000]

This awesome guy needs to learn to hover a 53 to get on the paint! Hats off to the Harrier drivers, it's tough to land that on a gator, especially at night!

[@Armyinscale]

Good!

[@MattHew-dt3hk]

Could someone illuminate for me why he shook his head in frustration? Maybe hit too hard or something? Just curious, thank you

[@alastairward2774]

Harriers always look like they land hard, that seemed quite gentle from inside the cockpit.

[@jezfrench9435]

Relief.

[@birdsoup777]

Awesome : ). I love that Plane.

[@vannarameas1719]

We need another aircraft like this one.

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

+Vannara Meas There is the F-35B.

[@vannarameas1719]

ELECTROSTATIC DISC LIFTERS Yes I have heard of that, it's just that this aircraft is less costly compared to the advanced f 35.

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

Vannara Meas But is has much better capabilities.

[@vannarameas1719]

ELECTROSTATIC DISC LIFTERS​ The military will find a way to limit their budget, this aircraft is 30 million compared to the 300 million dollar f 35. Yes, I do agree that the f 35 have better tech and controls, but it's just not necessary to use it since our enemy is less advanced than the us. I could see the f 35 in the future though. It's a lot of money to put the lockheed Martin made aircraft as an airmen's standard.

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

Vannara Meas If we want to stay on the cutting edge, The F-22 and F-35s are the answer.for the next forty five years.

[@nojabformeeducateyourself3393]

Hey Guys and Gals anyone know where I can find and Old OV10?

[@gorankeem8126]

1:46 One can hear the switch to the John Deere landing engine.

[@Imrooot]

I didn't know they fly on a turbo lawn mower engines.

[@wiesenbefeuchter]

Is it the N/A model ?

[@bambang303378]

Cool!

[@bigstaceinc]

Can somebody please tell me why the US Navy and Marines don't have ski jumps off the ship for the harriers like the rest of the world it just works for the rest of the world if something goes wrong the plane is still going up please

[@francoisdesaintpierre3881]

Cause squids don’t ski, and because US Navy have catobars, and can launch multiple aircraft at a time with larger payloads and have more space on the flight deck whereas the big ugly lip takes up space and can’t launch aircraft with large payloads as well as taking up spots for aircraft and rotary wing

[@francoisdesaintpierre3881]

Plus on small boys like the Wasp class the Marines need the extra flight deck space for their rotary wing which is crucial for the MEUs

[@ultralaggerREV1]

And this jet is LOUD AF

[@allgood6760]

Cool plane👍

[@captaingraham5047]

My grandfather served on this aircraft carrier

[@n1msu]

Imagine getting paid to do what he did and having the pleasure of watching another Harrier land on a carrier.

[@SJ-zn7xo]

i thought the point of the Harrier was vertical takeoff/landing?

[@matt.schnepp]

It cant vertically takeoff with a pay load it weighs to much. Same with the F 35 so they both use STOVL

[@rickjames302]

Also, the heat from the engine would peel the nonskid and destroy the deck. I much preferred helicopters than these flying bricks. was on lhd3 from 04-09

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

+Matt Schnepp WRONG, it is high fuel consumption for vertical take off with high weapons load, STOVL saves fuel.

[@electrostaticdisclifters6146]

+eric quibodeaux WRONG, neither the Harrier or F-35B peals off the deck. But they can shorten the deck material's usable life.

[@rickjames302]

+ELECTROSTATIC DISC LIFTERS so tell me, were you on an amphib? Extreme heat from turbine exhaust/output will not only degrade the nonskid but also cause it to peel after extended torture. But hey.. No need for me to argue that. Im just a nobody without a brain or eyes. 9 months of flight ops in the NAG isnt anything

[@lamarchepierre]

Sortie de décollage, actions pilote TRAINS, VOLETS, VISEUR, FREQUENCE

[@DiLorenzo04]

3:09 bearing sir, bearing

[@goiowa2010]

This is not VMM-266 bro. They fly the Ospery.

[@39music36]

wow!!

[@JerDavies]

Why is helicopter jet?

[@cbdousek]

GREAT video! Kill the irritating political ads that pop up!!!

[@dennisnotenboom7459]

Why is the pilot is shaking his head after touchdown? It was a good landing I think?

[@Boredout454]

Theyre judged and graded on every landing just like every pilot that lands aboard a ship. Theyre graded by senior pilots and any little issue subtracts from there score. To many points missed and theyre grounded. Probably screwed up the pitch or roll.

[@axegangred3180]

+Dennis Notenboom yes i think it was a good landing too, he looked so unsatisfied with that landing for some reason

[@maxhammerum7705]

could be checking his left and right to see where he was or what boredout said it was a little rough and quite alot of wobble on final

[@zentriceggofficial]

was slightly too hard on undercarriage.

[@jobs.1518]

neat

[@нож-ъ2ф]

В фильме судный день штоли Арнольд на нём снимался там он показан во всей красе

[@нож-ъ2ф]

Харёк лучший в своём классе 8 точек 8тонн 1 двигатель в отличии от як 38 як 141 и ф 35 Ну и плюс сочно выглядит у русских бы такой самолёт применялся бы против подлодок либо вместо штурмовика(охотник за танками) а способ зависания позволяет ему работать из укрытия и даже в жилой застройке Из минусов отсутствие штатного пулёмёта в 30мм

[@gdavid2483]

Fly Navy..VFA 86.💯😎

[@muchpandassowow9726]

no catapult?

[@hackersregiment1469]

This is a comercial jet or fighter jet..?

[@Pukin-Dog]

Love the Harrier but every time I hear one on board it sounds like the engine got no oil...and missing some bearings lol

[@denicisic91]

shoot some rockets xD

[@hackersregiment1469]

No toilet in cockpit

[@texandrifter6724]

So?

[@KingAlphaOmega]

It's not as comfortable as sitting in S-class you know lol

[@amiralrashid]

Dear roti.You should try raptor or Ef2000 seriosly.

[@hassansaleem7212]

Still Helpless in front of Supernatural powers of Afghan Taliban. Lol

[@marcoemiliano8167]

lol

[@highkeylovely4754]

No catapult?