YEOVILTON AIR DAY 2019 SPANISH NAVY EAV 8B HARRIER II PLUS

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The sight of the iconic Harrier Jump Jet once again graced the sky's over RNAS Yeovilton on 13th July. The Spanish Navy Harriers made their first Royal Navy International i ten years!
In October 1972 the Spanish Navy took a step forward integrating into the Harrier V/STOL program developed by Hawker Siddeley. In 1987 12 AV-8B were procured and formed the core of the 9th Squadron. The first three units arrived on October 6th 1987 and were dubbed 'Cobras'.
The Harrier II PLUS has a totally redesigned and larger fuselage. New wing fuel tanks were incorporated and Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 engines installed. The plane has carbon-fiber composite leading edge root extensions wings (LERX).
However, the main feature is the nose with its state-of-the-art AN/APG-65 pulse Doppler radar with different configurations: air-air, air-surface with an advanced multi-mode, all-weather, day and night system. In 1996 and 1997 8 further 'Harrier' II PLUS were built by Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A.
The Squadron has since clocked up more than 50,000 flight hours. The Spanish Navy intends to continue upgrading its 'Harrier' squadron with better versions in order to keep this valuable tactical asset fully operational.

[@luisvega7]

These are the modernised Harriers of the Spanish Navy AV-8B Harrier II Plus ( modernised avionics, radar, increased missile capability, data link, targeting pod and sensors)...it is still to this day a brilliant close air support aircraft, especially in amphibious military scenarios.

[@alangale5666]

Thanks for sharing this, somewhat ironic that an aircraft we invented and developed can now only be seen flying in foreign colours. The Harrier was, and still is a beautiful aircraft and I still believe we scrapped ours way too early.

[@matthewdowning6009]

I’m so looking forwards to seeing this for real on Sunday at The Air tattoo. I never thought I’d see it flying again. THANK YOU SPAIN!

[@judebug329]

Amazing control. Thanks for sharing something most people won’t ever see!

[@oeman7363]

How unusual is a display like this in Europe? Tried looking it up but couldn't find info. I'm glad I was there to see it, first proper UK Harrier display I'd seen since Farnborough 2012? Cheers for a great video so I can re-live it again! Stay safe everyone. ✈️

[@q3y6]

Great to see the Harrier flying, love this aircraft.

[@timon3211]

Amazing video, i was there on the day and it was the first time i had seen a harrier in 10 years. WHAT A SIGHT. and that final full power climb my god the sound was incredible.

[@WizzardPrang]

Bloody lovely. I have a real soft spot for the Harrier. Also great for RNAS Yeovilton to have operational Harriers on site once more. 👍🏻

[@Callsign_Chandler]

After watching the start up of this harrier and the display i got to shake the hand of the great pilot Andy.

[@DELRELES]

Nice and deft flight of a Harrier, or Matador, as the Spanish Navy calls it. In this case, Matador means Bull Fighter. Thank you very much Elwyn R for his great posts.

[@stuco81]

Such elegance in this aircraft, in a way the F-35 never will be (regardless of what sort of service it goes on to provide). What a run of form Hawker had, from the pre-war Fury, to the Hurricane, the Typhoon/Tempest, the Sea Fury, the Hunter, the Harrier. Before succumbing to the same fate as most great British companies.

[@delten-eleven1910]

@stuco81 I agree! back when Great Britain had a Great aviation industry. From a storied history, it's sad that Britain just doesn't make planes anymore.

[@bobingram6912]

In total agreement, F35 - what a backward step, separate lift engines and looks like a cow on a push bike. Who was the blinkered idiot who cancelled the supersonic P1154?!!! Hawkers, just shows you can build beautiful but still pack a punch

[@bobingram6912]

@@baselhammond3317 TSR2. . . don't get me started!!!!! Why the very urgent rush to destroy all the jigs etc??? Thank goodness they at least had the foresight to save one so we can go and just stand in front of it!!! The sixties, when we lost everything aeronautical. They merged all the names into two companies, then dumped on them from a great height.

[@bobingram6912]

@@baselhammond3317 . . . and probably still in service???? Would have surpassed Phantom, Buccaneer and Tornado but it was good to have those even if one was Yank with the wrong engines and the other was a "bitsa" - made of bits from different countries!!!!

[@bobingram6912]

@@baselhammond3317 Looks good but will it cut the mustard or be out of date by the time it comes into service. What really p.....s me off is why do they have to name these things after previous planes - Typhoon, Tornado now Tempest, sheer laziness but Sydney Camm might be pleased!!!

[@migram4190]

Viva España!! 😍

[@12345fowler]

Good matador

[@bobshaw4063]

WOW very cool seeing how it can hover in the air & turn 360 degrees .

[@bwxmoto]

I saw one at an airshow one time, I was in a random mall parking lot and it was right over my head about 500 feet up hovering, doing the same maneuvers this one was doing. The noise was unreal. I'll never forget that.

[@LEJapproach]

Definitely worth a 'thumbs up'! I watched Plane TV's live stream from Yeovilton yesterday and the hovering display of the Harrier was one of my personal favourites.

[@oeman7363]

The second best airshow moment of my life, after the Vulcan at Farnborough 2012 :)

[@kwiturbitchin5277]

I saw a great flight demonstration of a marine harrier at Dobbins AFB in 1997. The maneuvers were very close to this one. Quite possibly the loudest sound I’ve ever heard is while it hovers. Great camera work as always Elwyn!

[@ferrarikingdom]

I thought the same but when the f35 hovers it's even louder surprisingly

[@Aeronaut1975]

I never tire of watching the Harrier perform (DCS Harrier Pilots unite!)

[@timhancock6626]

One of the lads in my Air Cadet group went off to fly Harriers. He said he was going to and we all pulled his leg....He had the last laugh and had a stellar career in the RAF and beyond, though he did have to leave a Harrier very very quickly and upwards once.Happily all went well.

[@brianthetrain9283]

Remember being at Brands Hatch when the Harrier demonstration destroyed a lot of race team awnings

[@gianpaolovillani6321]

Beautiful EAV-8B II Plus, must never be replaced by the useless f35 because it is a big mistake.

[@23no1978]

The matador its nice.

[@lordfierceguy7079]

Thanks so much for no music!

[@ChrisB257]

Another super video - the Pegasus engine still shines! Iconic airplane. :)

[@PeteCourtier]

ChrisB257 that sound it makes spooling up and off again👍 Used for many film sound effects. Just like a diving prop aircraft always have a Stuka siren going!

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Great aircraft and thanks to Great Britain for this legendary aircraft. Modern warfare is not all about stealth!!!!.

[@stevebridge8668]

EPIC! Can't wait to see this at RIAT on Friday!

[@benec5816]

looks great eh saw one here in 1988 awesome

[@juliannortheast8946]

amazing takeoff flight display and loud hovering and great landing I was there it was fantastic seeing the Spanish harrier I saw it at farnborough nice to see the harriers flying again since our raf had retired ours also the wessex helicopter flew I have not saw a wessex fly since i was young and the breguet alize flew as well I never saw it fly before it was cool had a lucky nice filming

[@juliannortheast8946]

And also the f35b made its first two passes and hovering pass too it didn't have pda for displaying

[@rodrigobernardes6132]

Top o vídeo, Brasil manda saudações. 👍👍

[@miguelangelo5629]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👍👍👍

[@Jamesrj520]

Good!!!

[@juanluisvigaras2614]

Cómo Mola....🇪🇸

[@johngr9963]

superb as always elwyn.😀

[@brianmason2378]

Spent many a happy hour or 6 at Wittering watching these :)

[@josevarela6352]

Impressive control..!

[@MyIDIsNotAvailable]

Almost impossible to see British Air Show without heavy clouds.

[@juliansouthwest1916]

I was there it was great

[@josemariapelayo7333]

Este tio es un peazo de piloto.

[@user-yl8eq7gr9r]

MYU BIEN GRACIAS.

[@Kaname1981]

we should be still be flying them now got rid of them way too early. would look amazing on HMS Queen Elizabeth

[@alanpride5978]

Can't really add much to what's already been said but awesome and thanks for bringing back loads of Harrier memories, proper heavy metal!!

[@johnmartinez316]

Definitely a totally different skill set!

[@bobingram6912]

That's what a proper airshow should look and sound like - stick that in your pipe F35, at least Harrier is elegant and looks the part, such a neat & simple system. Really p......d off I couldn't make it to Yeovilton so thank you for that (I was hoping you would go!!!) Cracking vid as usual, your camera control is on a par with the pilot, what a stunning display of slow motion. Our thanks to the Spanish for letting us see and hear her again. Hope Brexit doesn't mean an end to their visits!!!!

[@Robert-sg4ep]

Great !

[@amzadali77]

Very very good controling. .

[@salozinp]

Spain Navy,(this case with harriers) and Spain Air Force,with f-18 hornet and eurofighters typhoon have one the bests pilots of NATO forces.

[@wendyraymond1751]

Amazing video. .thanku. .love an god bless x

[@joseperezgarcia1819]

Beautiful Aircraft!!

[@christianlebordelais]

Un sacré spotting sur cet appareil...

[@Smiffy30]

Brilliant video and thanks for sharing.

[@brendancooney520]

Thanks for sharing that with us, great stuff.

[@antoniofauraalmaida7292]

El mejor avion de combate de toda la historia

[@ManuelPerez-ze2qv]

Antonio Faura Almaida 😂

[@polopowered]

Good old fashioned Diesel power!

[@ianjackson5128]

Just looks ‘proper’

[@danthedewman1]

thrilling...

[@planesstevee]

great video!. In documentaries i have watched about the harrier they always say it can only hover for a maximum of 90 seconds because of the amount of the maximum amount of water it can carry. He hovered or 2.5 minutes which is 150 seconds, How was this possible ?

[@58lp79]

Stunning! display by the Spanish Navy Pilot, Disgusting display by the MOD/British? Govt that sold it.

[@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR]

What a shame our idiot politicians got rid of these wonderful aircraft

[@johngr9963]

ExRE_Sapper if just one had been kept in storage.. but thats just emotion,? the amount of jaguars at cosford training,and the taxi runs were stopped for the crowds..

[@c.e.hoskins9597]

It is a shame it wasn't grounded earlier. Though its really cool when flys it wasn't politics that got rid of it; it was its poor track record. "Over the last three decades, it has amassed the highest rate of major accidents of any Air Force, Navy, Army or Marine plane now in service. Forty-five Marines have died in 143 noncombat accidents since the corps bought the so-called jump jet from the British in 1971. More than a third of the fleet has been lost to accidents." Alan C. Miller and Kevin Sack Times Staff Writers

[@alangale5666]

@@johngr9963 There are several "Live" Harriers at RNAS Predannack in Cornwall. They are just not allowed to fly them, all are used for training purposes. Oddly enough we have enough airworthy Hawker Hunters in this country to form a full squadron! Most are in private hands, but not all of them,.

[@alangale5666]

@Seph Not that I'm aware of, except in Museums.

[@hans2406]

@@c.e.hoskins9597 Lack of the right training, maybe? Misplaced feeling of being invincible? And most of all it wasn't designed in the US.

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Amazing!

[@terrytaylor3574]

One thing the enemy always said about the harrier. "You don't know it's been until it has gone"......

[@HypHipHop]

And back to Dcs :)

[@AvengerII]

The Spaniards call their Harriers "Matadors." That's actually a cool alternate name which fits with the Jet's ability to VIFF and move in weird directions.

[@frandescontrolado]

Actually we used to call “Matador” the AV-8A. The AV-8B is called “Bravo”. “Bravo” is the kind of bull rised to fight in the “corrida de toros”. Both are great names for fighter aircraft, IMHO.

[@pedrofmc0000]

@@frandescontrolado “corrida de toros” = Bullfighting I've just read the current nick name of our Harriers is Matador II

[@oeman7363]

Thanks for a great video. With your permission may I please use a section of this footage 4:30 - 5:20 for a video which I am making about VTOL aircraft? Thanks

[@AVMamfortas]

The RAF should have bought the AV8. Should have bought 200.

[@delten-eleven1910]

0 to 170mph in like 4 seconds!

[@simonjones575]

British and the best

[@raptorpome2577]

Hello I used to think exactly the same thing unfortunately it is not just British it has a few other countries that put money in to design and build this wonderful machine

[@juanluisvigaras2614]

Ese es mi niño.

[@cq44b]

great video. spectacular hovering shots. Begs the question why did we get rid of them?

[@alangale5666]

Government and MoD stupidity. Cost cutting when it wasn't needed. We now have the ignominy of 2 new carriers and no fixed wing aircraft ready to fly from them!

[@bobingram6912]

@@alangale5666 Come on Alan, we've got the wonderful all singing al dancing, big boots, flared arches go anywhere, do anything, big black ugly lump with doors all over the place Lightning to look forward to - best thing since sliced bread, the saviour of our depleted Navy, not!!!!!!!!

[@juanluisvigaras2614]

Puufffffff..........

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Verdad😎🤠

[@Rhys.aviation.photography]

It is also going to be at riat 2019

[@juliannortheast8946]

Yes

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[@ChezMarquet]

Chills and I am not even British.

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Cómo Mooolaa

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Top de mais

[@terastarship2]

Do you have any more for sale? =D Take all if you have.

[@lesterbeedell9725]

Criminal that we haven’t kept our Harriers, magnificent aeroplane. Typical inept government decision

[@louietrezise6711]

will you be at riat

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♥️♥️

[@scavengers19]

Helijet or jetcopter.

[@davidbruin4381]

Too bad you didn't get to see the F35s at the air show up here near North Pole, Alaska, on the 13th. Over 40,000 pounds of thrust,..... My God, that thing is loud and fast!!

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