Italian Harrier Jets in Action - Vertical Takeoff and Landing, Short Takeoff on Carrier Cavour

AV-8B Harrier II Jump Jets in Action - Vertical Takeoff and Landing, Short Takeoff on Italian Carrier Cavour (550). Courtesy Video | Natochannel
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[@darkmatter6714]

It just looks so much more elegant and poised when hovering than the F35

[@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

[@Aeronaut1975]

As a Brit, It warms the cockles to still see Harriers flying. Yes, I know it's August 2019 now, and the curtains are coming down on its career and service life, but a shout out to the USMC, Spanish Navy and Italian Navy for keeping it flying, long after our governent abandoned it due to "budget cuts". Whilst the F-35B may be far more capable, there'll always be a soft-spot in my heart for the Harrier, Buccaneer, Jaguar and Tornado. But please, let's all take a minute to stand back and salute the marvel of the Harrier, from the initial concept by Hawker Siddeley and the Bristol Engine Co. to the later Anglo/American venture with McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) that produced the much improved Harrier AV-8B. I think we can all agree that's it's a marvelous piece of engineering, and is a credit to the engineers who designed and built it, and to the pilots who actually had the job of flying it. Goodbye, old girl. We love you, and we miss you, but we will never forget you, because you truly were the first of a kind.

[@Zone5Aviation]

Nail on the head with that comment, couldn’t agree more. The distinctive sound of the Pegasus engine is something the F-35B cannot be compared to. Once you hear that, you the Harrier is on its way to help the boots on the ground and make the enemy have a very bad day at the office.

[@fivizzano]

killing the Harrier/AV8 CLASS and buying the F35 was THE DUMBEST thing WE could have ever done....we are putting them on the Cavour and Trieste and they are so f... expensive that we can only buy TWENTY ...

[@markmezo]

F-35 is a white elephant, watch them scrap the program.

[@williamjordan5554]

@@fivizzano Harriers can't compete with modern Russian planes.

[@scottwhitley3392]

The GR9 Variant had a Potent Radar and excellent avionics. It was still a great ground attack strike aircraft and could defend more than defend itself.

[@MrDunkycraig]

I was lucky enough to see these planes fly most days growing up, as i lived near Wittering where they were based in the Uk. As a child hoping to see one land over us as we drove north on the A1, it was awesome to see.

[@gazzaboo8461]

Cool! We had a couple with us in Belize back in the 80's. A lot louder in real life 😄 I was doubly lucky in that an RAF base I stayed at in Wales (RAF St. Athen) had a bunch of Vulcan bombers stationed there in the mid 70's. Amazing planes, both.

[@petittrainguernsey3297]

Sea Harriers? At Wittering? Sea Harriers were based at RNAS Yeovilton. You must be on about RAF Ground Attack Harriers. Very different variant.

[@robertbrockway6580]

Never get tired of seeing the Harriers, still a great +craft. The Italian carrier is very nice also. GO NATO NAVY

[@TefnutUaRaet]

Beautiful landings!! Beautiful video!! Beautiful people here!!! Yes!!! Thanks for sharing, Robert!! ProjectsBlack, I know you feeling this!! Where you at? lol

[@robbinhogue5916]

Robert Brockway qqrrq

[@geraldturner6586]

Italian is also cool

[@grzyb11]

Robbin Hogue you need help serious help

[@Ezekiel903]

they 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. Harrier, British engineering marvel!

[@RoyDaneri]

Jet that was made in 1960s still has one of the fastest accelerations in modern jets and is still in use around the world. Old but gold

[@ravishbharti]

Great piece of engineering!!

[@1018blm]

I cant even fathom how much training the pilots had to perfect this hybrid feel of a chopper and a plane

[@overbank56]

Such a versatile & neat little jet. It's the "whiniest" key I ever heard. It has tough landing gear!

[@122Jarlan]

Christofer Riche

[@vincecardona2451]

I have seen the Italian Harriers on the carrier Garibaldi while she was on visit in Malta

[@Pipp08]

U will soon see LHD Trieste and aircraft Cavour with the F-35B assembled in Italy.

[@vincecardona2451]

@@Pipp08 I will be glad to see them ,I have never seen the F35 nor Cavour except on KZbin etc.

[@robconrad2174]

Love the harrier and its technology

[@abfisalamhusain1069]

Amazing landing and take off.

[@mikesperko3921]

I think the f22 raptor is a badass looking jet don't get me wrong but the f16 viper and the harrier are my favorite

[@akifisk7255]

Probably most dificult landing style. but excellent landing. If any one did not shortened the time of landing scenes their landing time shorter than US NAVY pilots. Bravo!

[@hawkertyphoon4537]

The Harrier is FFFFugly. But with its "Yes, we we can do that" attitude i stand in silence. Hovering, shifting, fast attack runs... Air/Air and Air/Ground; Guns, Rockets, Missiles and Bombs. What a Plane!

[@scarpien]

Harrier is a beautiful & sexy aircraft.

[@andrea8498]

Molto bello

[@flybobbie1449]

The beauty of Harrier is that you don't need large carriers. Instead of the big carriers Britain has built, why i don't know, should have built a fleet of smaller sized but more carriers. I assume F35 needed a longer run to carry a decent load, something Harrier lacked. Also smaller carriers are a smaller target. Sink a big lizzy and that is one large ship at the bottom of the sea.

[@lorenzo4408]

Actually Italy will use F35B on her carriers (Cavour and Trieste in some cases).

[@gazzaboo8461]

I can't believe that within the next couple of years all the remaining Harriers will be out of service 😐

[@davidfrehlini5430]

Gazzo Boo. Yes they will indeed. Ans it saddens myself and many others. Good bye to an outstanding aircraft. God Bless.

[@raquelguzman5238]

It reminds of my brother 💖 traveling in the Air craft carrier.

[@minhhoangtran3236]

It is very nice !

[@Bob3519]

Did anyone else notice the "Fake" canopy painted on the underside of the nose?

[@flybobbie1449]

The tail fin is the give away though.

[@theonefrancis696]

Harrier: *vertical landing* Also Harrier: *boing*

[@quakethedoombringer]

From what I have heard, it is advised that they usually only uses VTOL mode when landing. Harriers when fully armed and fueled are way too heavy that their engine end up burning more fuel than necessary. After combat mission, the jet should be light enough that VTOL landing is critical

[@user-dr8gq3sl3t]

красиво работают

[@4455srinivas]

OWESOME

[@alanbadilla7003]

The Harrier was a proven combat aircraft in the Falklands war. The F35 is now having issues with its Pratt & Whitney engine's unreliability (source : Popular Mechanics). The pilot's call sign on this video is "Booger" Bugane if anyone else have noticed fyi. 🤔 Have a nice day.

[@asimrashidkhan1200]

Wow Great

[@fivizzano]

problem with AV8B is the darn INCINERATION of the deck.... it has never been really solved....oh, yeah, and the pityful payload...

[@flybobbie1449]

But technology caught up, with precision munitions you don't have to carry a large quantity of iron bombs, although they probably scare the enemy more than precision bombs.

[@JoseLopez-tj6um]

Al puro estilo.ovni.brabo

[@sciachiro]

Italy does not need the largest aircraft carrier , because Italy itself is a huge aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean , including Sicily and Sardinia are ...

[@asganaway]

Last time those words were mentioned we lost WW2..

[@MrMaffy96]

last time those words were mentioned airplanes had really shorter operative ranges

[@exargo86]

we lost the war (it was right to piss the second world war) for various reasons 1) the army, the navy, and aeronautics were not at the level of other nations were the weakest 2) airplanes, naval ships, tanks and weapons in general were inferior to other nations 3) Italy did not use radar, France, UK, Russian, Germany, and USA, yes 4) Italy also lost the war, due to the lack of aircraft carriers both in number and quality about the video, the years go by, but mistakes are repeated, at least for point 4

[@iciman100]

Benito ???

[@fivizzano]

heard this shit before... guess what ....

[@lappin6482]

awesome 💪

[@sandeepbanerjee2734]

beauty.

[@user-ld7vl9sk4s]

its so HD OMG

[@angkolamuaratais1177]

Mantab bro

[@imansetiawan6630]

Peperangan yg paling efektif tetap saja gerilya 👍🇮🇩

[@alonsomtz1581]

How can the Harrier make the vertical take off? Does it redirect the jet engine thrust to the ground?

[@superdude9077]

yeperoo. 4 nozzeles, 2 on each side. all are able to turn 90 degrees to redirect the thrust backward, or downward. look up "vectored thrust" for reference.

[@anrmlumlwundlistr7620]

I lookes it up AND NOW MY FACE IS BURNES

[@sumeett8826]

@@superdude9077 How does it land in the correct spot? Because the vessel is moving forward,does the plane move forward too while coming down?

[@gufo_tave]

In short... yes. The Pegasus engine has 4 nozzles, that can rotate actually more than 90°. Indeed, the Harrier is probably the only plane in the world that can fly in reverse.

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

Sumeet t This is why they are skilled jet pilots and you don't... 😉

[@fajarkucing8335]

indonesia need that..

[@vedpalkamboj2872]

wao

[@killingfields1424]

American, Russian, Chinese and French aircraft manufacturers are boasting on what their latest toys can do. But heres one old horse, the only one who defeated a country with their faster supetsonic jets in a modern jet to jet warfare.... and stealth is not even part of the equation.

[@pioline741]

of course the British never boast

[@elblee]

This vertical take-off and landing it's easier than F35B.

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

It really isn’t

[@carlb4741]

saw RAF Harriers drop bombs on Taliban south of Musa Qala . yeap reality .

[@roteroktober360]

I didnt know the AV-8B could use AIM120s? How would they effectively employ those without aircraft radar? The missile radar only really works on short range when you already have a lock on target

[@Zone5Aviation]

Of course it has a radar otherwise it wouldn’t be able to fire any kind of weaponry. It has the Hughes APG-65 Radar under the nose. Check your facts before posting comments like that.

[@gufo_tave]

AV8B Harrier II plus have the same radar installed on F18, if I remember correctly. You can see the difference between the nose of those Italian Navy Harrier, and the Early production Harrier II

[@BrySkye]

3 combat variants of the AV-8B (so not including the TAV-8B trainers) AV-8B - Original model, smooth nose cone housing the Hughes angle rate bombing system AV-8B Night Attack Harrier II - All weather and Night update. Distinguishable for a small, but rounded bump on the top of the nose housing FLIR. AV-8B+ - The final and definitive variant of all Harriers with true all-weather, multirole capability. Distinguishable by a more pointy nose housing the APG-65 radar instead of the angle-rate bombing system. The FLIR bump is still present on top of the nose, but is now squared off.

[@user-qr1rc9tu5b]

Óke.e.bom.tem.ke.ser.mostrado.o.oespelho.top...

[@alorbawy]

whome manufactered that monester

[@binaway]

The original Harrier was British. These are a later joint US/British version

[@atakanturan9314]

Turkiye must get these planes as soon as possible:)

[@binaway]

A lot of secondhand ones available soon. That's if America agrees to technology transfer to Turkey which it has thrown out of the F35 program.

[@marek9784]

Aren't they already getting f35s for their aircraft carrier? No use getting a 30+ year old plane, Italy is replacing their harriers for f35s to

[@binaway]

@@marek9784 After Turkey purchase the Russian S-400 missile, designed to shoot down NATO aircraft, the USA expelled Turkey from the F35B program as it would allow Russia to gain knowledge on how to down an F35B.

[@lorenzo4408]

turk won't get any F35, they have to buy some used stuff like harriers or their LHD will operate just helis

[@marcovitali3833]

You don’t need it, Erdogan arrested 60% Turkish pilots trained by US and Europe!

[@SuperShaaka]

sooperb pakistan need many harrier

[@user-qr1rc9tu5b]

E.uma.nave.espasial.fala.ke.naõ.e..aí.sil.omelhor...

[@labanyamoybarmn3483]

beùtifull l lick

[@mortonmelendez1620]

very veery hot

[@nemdenemam9753]

the harrier can actually take off vertically with combat load or was that a significantly lower load?

[@Tagadarealty]

He cant. It's a Short/Short Assisted (ski jump) Take Off. Why ? Cause you cant Takeoff vertically with a combat payload. You can with a small payload but it's so fuel consuming, you dont want do that.

[@nemdenemam9753]

@@Tagadarealty at 2:17 it lifts off with external fuel canisters. I was just curious if it was an actually viable setup or if its just for show then why have the drop tanks on.

[@Tagadarealty]

@@nemdenemam9753 When I say "He cant", I talk about a takeoff with enough weapons/range(fuel) to be useful. But yes, technically, he can. That's the primary problem of STOVL planes, even with a short take off, they are pretty limited. The vertical landing itself is hugely fuel consumming, if you add the vertical takeoff, it's just insane. You need to have a greater TWR than 1 (needed to vertical takeoff) for STOVL airplane, it's too dangerous if the plane is not able to cancel his landing for example. So yes, he can, just not operationnaly efficient.

[@nemdenemam9753]

@@Tagadarealty thanks, that what I read back in the days too, I was just curious if misunderstood something. Its a shame because it does look sexy when it takes off like that

[@denniferejorcadasrecto2902]

Just like UFO it hover...

[@QuantumBeatsLab]

it has been retired by indian navy due to high maintainence cost, cant takeoff vertically with full load

[@mentalretard2359]

It is not meant to take off vertically with full load. Plus it is not a high maintenance aircraft.

[@vijayaravi8]

They have retired not because of high maintenance cost. They have served 33 years in Indian Navy. Retired in 2016. In modern era this aircrafts are useless. With max speed of 1185kmph which is less than mach 1 how can they survive the super sonic missiles. Apart from modern avionics and tech these are beautiful birds made by British.

[@iciman100]

why is Mr.Bean filming ???

[@conchabustamante8494]

me lo pido para reyes

[@anakjaksel3243]

Other than Fish and Chips, there this Harrier Jump Jet..

[@flybobbie1449]

British fish and chips, an Italian invention i believe.

[@putuudayana9323]

Insinyur indonesia harus bisa buat pesawat yg mendarat vertical

[@laskarhoofdbeareu1515]

Ditmpt asal harier tersebut udh di pensiunkan bos.. boros bhn bkr hnya utk take off n landing

[@sontubanerjee9949]

Vertical landing capability,Wow Italy's R&D is beyond expectation.

[@markcross6864]

SONTU BANERJEE it’s a British plane 👍🏻

[@sontubanerjee9949]

@@markcross6864 Ya,I checked it on Wikipedia. Thank You brother

[@sontubanerjee9949]

@@markcross6864 But I also like the Soviet Yak.

[@gazzaboo8461]

@@sontubanerjee9949 Both are good,

[@claudioros3505]

Italy is operating with Harriers since the '80ies, nothing new! We are operating now with F35B.

[@123gggyyy]

much stable than f-35 B

[@marek9784]

Your kidding right, the compared to the harrier landing a f35 landing is a piece of cake.

[@user-jm4ui3kf5u]

При спокойном море и новичок так сможет, тоже мне удивили высший пилотаж)))))))))))

[@young_lwox4547]

Algum BR vendo o Hydra do GTA 5??

[@user-qr1rc9tu5b]

Esse.e.melhor.poke.o.Harrier.e.brindado.naõ.aparese.nada.da.sua.engelharia..aisso..ke.eu.faloa.copia.mostra.tudo.ie.famozo.tecnologico.f.35.gosto.naõ.sé.descute.falar.mais.oKe.e.top.😂

[@MegaMeto123]

gta san andreas

[@user-cn9ct7ds3c]

а они только взлет-посадку могут делать? я думал, что это самолеты....

[@user-pz4rc2ex2l]

так точно!

[@aphinantklunpairee4848]

เสียดายไทยเคยมีแต่ทร.เราไม่เห็นคุณค่า

[@user-qj4oi4rf3h]

เมื่ออิตาลีได้เอฟ35บีส่วนเอวี8บีน่าจำหน่ายให้ไทยสัก6เครื่องคงจะดีมาก

[@zakwanzarane]

Why the f this is on my recommendation?

[@gazzaboo8461]

So you can appreciate its awesomeness, of course.

[@WakeMarine]

Whistling Sh*t Can. UMSC Harrier Bubba.

[@mjgamer2557]

super etendar argentina

[@grimreaper7931]

when world war 2 uk navy attack to italt navy........taranto was burned uk win !!

[@mosfasjus1250]

When ww2 ITALIA attack to uk navy , the " COMSUBIN" burn alessandria ITALIA VINCE.

[@lorenzo4408]

I'll tell you just this: X MAS (a bunch of men, the most badass)...sank 2 british ships

[@marcorossi7858]

'Contro sfida leonina ecco ragghio di somaro'

[@leaderbad1548]

Italy has aircraft carrier?

[@Pavia115Spotting]

Actually two ships: the Cavour and the Garibaldi

[@carta8399]

@@Pavia115Spotting and Trieste, it's three not two

[@Pipp08]

New LHD Trieste , aircraft Cavour and aircraft Garibaldi that will soon play around carrying the f-35b

[@uncoglionesultubo7808]

Have more aircraft than all other contries in europe

[@leaderbad1548]

But aren't they helicopter carriers? Do they carry fighter jets too?

[@davidebonannini640]

Not a particularly sexy plane.

[@woooster17]

The David If you define ‘sexy’ purely on looks alone.. I think you’re in for a lonely time.

[@kayeezhou9427]

Given this kind of tech to Italia is wasting of time and money, as who was defeated by Ethiopia with purely prehistoric equips during WW2.

[@upicculu]

Ma vaffanculo va.

[@lorenzo4408]

We won that war dumbass...do you know you buy our stuff??? LMAO with 600 bilion dollars you are not able to make things that we do with 26 bilion dollars...LMFAO

[@Luca-ok6sw]

1)We won in Ethiopia dumbass 2)Ethiopian has UK weapons and equipment 3)Guess what? We designed it, so it wasn’t given to us, we fucking made it

[@kayeezhou9427]

@@Luca-ok6sw Look at these Italians how proud of their invasion to an African country LMAO. 1) You won before the WW2 started 2) The troops equipped ally's weapons after WW2 started, refer to 1) 3) One question: which countries at the same level of your economic power were defeated by you in the recent 200 years? LMAO. Do you mean a primitive country? 4) How many Italian troops were surrendered to the Ally? 5) Please read Wikipedia before you post the illogic of your 1) and 2) 6) I guess you are winning the others by calling them DUMBASS.

[@Luca-ok6sw]

Kayee Joe literally every war of the USA after the ww2 is even worse than the Italo-Ethiopian war, are you saying that we didn’t win in Ethiopia? And yes, Ethiopia had British weapons, they already had in the first war, and they still received weapons in the second

[@grumpycalenzana7514]

The Italians like it because it can fly backward

[@piter6637]

Idiot

[@jnx2677]

I think you mistaken us with the French

[@grumpycalenzana7514]

@@jnx2677 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZrMg36Xrr6GnNU

[@lorenzo4408]

@@grumpycalenzana7514 please stop with this shit, you don't even study history dumbass

[@F139]

Italy has a navy ? A jump jet ? A carrier ?? Are they all custom fitted with 5 reverse gears Italian are famous for ??

[@brambillafumagalli9535]

Shut up asshole....

[@Pipp08]

Italians are Masters in engineering since the Roman empire, there nothing we can't make and everything we end up making is Always a masterpiece.

[@F139]

@@Pipp08 thats true ! All first things with 5 reverse gears are Italians ! They do have forward speed limits but no withdrawal speed limit

[@F139]

@@brambillafumagalli9535 lol ! History is a mystery ! That doesnt lie

[@Pipp08]

@@F139 u sholdd study the history then, in El Alamain Italian tanks stayed under British superior fire ,the FOLGORE were there saying " better Dead than makeing a reverse"