Great plane from England , saw it fly at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the last air show at the base in California . The video does not do it Justice. It is just incredible how fast it can slow down in mid flight while being chased and then back up to speed again, also how fast a oil tanker can be made into an aircraft carrier I think it took the Brit's 2 weeks when preparing for 1982 Falklands War.
Harrier is indeed a VERY difficult plane to fly, not when it's cruising, but in its hovering state. It was designed in an era when computer assisted flight was not widely available, so hovering is done mainly using pilot's skills. Modern F35 has a lot of computer augmented hovering programmes that makes hovering in F35 like playing an easy video game.
@chessplayer100 that doesn't matter, its not an air to air fighter, its a CAS aircraft, close air support so its in the same club as aircraft like the A-10 warthog and helo's like the apache and cobra. the UK took it to the falklands in the 80's and it did very well against argentine aircraft, 24-0 in air to air combat but thats not whats its designed for, its for helping out troops on the ground and destroying ground targets so its excellent for combat and has been very successful.
@hanseykemmerer Its called "In the house - in a heartbeat" nice music, and this is a great video, i remember watching it on tv, he also went up in a Eurofighter the jammy dodger!! And his other job is presenting the best show on tv.... top gear, not a shabby life i think ;)
I remember hearing about how A-10 Warthog pilots, when strafing with their 30mm (!!) cannon in forward flight, would feel the aircraft LOSE airspeed from the constant, horrendous recoil of the cannon...and the Harrier's cannon ain't that bad either, at 25mm diameter rounds.
@4wheelerDJ, That happened because a piece of debris went through the wing of the Concorde and it exploded, nothing to do with the Concorde, its all down to the French not maintaining their runways properly. Also MrFuFighter, the Harrier Jet was British designed and built, look it up. I don't know why, but whenever Great British invents something the rest of the world claims its theirs, everything we invent is the best in the world.
3 things you should know about Harrier jets, 1. They are showplanes, But there also used in battle, 2. No, MW2 did not make these up, My brother has been working on these before the game was even invented, 3. They are not very good fighters, They are on the other hand good bombers, NO THESE ARE NOT COD REFERENCES, my brothers in the marines, And he fixes these planes dailys
Not very good fighters, said an Argentine pilot bobbing around in the sea. They were invented as ground attack/recc aircraft. Sea Harrier as fleet defence. US marines envisaged war in Pacific, wanted something like the old Corsairs. Reason why they pumped money into Harrier in the 60's then later upgrades.
All I'm saying is that Britain or France could've found lower-cost ways to improve Concorde's outdated technology if they'd wanted to. They threw away the entire concept of SST along with the Concorde fleet instead.
@jumpstartkira Lol except the part where the harrier floats around for like 10 m inutes an real harriers woudve run out of fuel doing that in like 5 minutes
Viffing was never used in actual combat, neither in the Falklands/Malvinas neither in the rest of conflicts.. in dogfight is not a much usefull maneover.. only would work to disrupt a really close enemy in the tail..but even so it will take you time to regain all that lost speed/energy ..and the enemy could iniciate a turn to get back at your tail and you cant because you have no energy and have to regain it .. its similar to the cobra.. very spectacular but in actual digfight probably not usefull (dogfights are not at 30m like in Top Gun)
it stand no chance against any modern airplane today! sorry, i didnt go into technology on it but i am saying it has no chance against other planes as it is a show plane and it cannot fight likes of F 36's Suk-47's Typhoons etc, thats all i said! its amazing when it takes off like an Allien craft but not the best for combat! okay Mr Genius? have a good weekend! :))
Never meant to fight other aircraft. Just like the A-10. You could lock on a A-10 with a Piper Cherokee, we did all the time in the early 90's, we would see them buzzing around our way and we would pull tight turns on them and say, that's another one down! Turning is a bad way to escape.
every thing the british say they invented, you always find out it was made by a foreigner first, until they stole it or bought it ,and made there own version and then they say its british. very nice engineering.lol
The Harrier was the first practical VTOL aircraft and the first fast jet VTOL aircraft to enter service. The second the YAK-38 followed it into service 7 years later and was only in service just over a decade. Indian in the 1980's was purchasing mostly Russian aircraft but rejected the Yak-38 in favor of the Sea Harrier
@@glastonbury4304 "the British made all their own" Not without the 75% of the funding provided by the US taxpayer through the MWDP in 1958 - after the British government refused to provide funding - you didn't.
@gaming8 Steady on there. First of all I'm not a bedroom dweller and I am very well aware of the frustration in the UK forces about the general quality of US military personnel and their mode of operation which tends towards overkill and extreme violence - it's an attitude that is built into their system and it come from the top. My point is about the Harrier is that it is part of a wider myth of nationhood that is used by the politicians/media and multi-nationals as a convenience.
What you see in this video is not British. McDonnel Douglas took the basic Harrier and doubled the range and payload and turned it into something useful for the US the we bought it build under licence. I get so sick of all this earn't we Brits great stuff.
Basic concepts are always modified by others, if they have the money. Any one can rework and improve an idea. It's what happened with steam engines, but credit is always given to the first successful inventor. With McDonnell Harrier reliable composite construction helped a lot to reduce weight. that wasn't available with Harrier mk1.
If British engineering is the best in the world then why is your Concorde fleet (great aircraft up until one of them crashed from a random fluke event) sitting in a museum instead of being technologically UPGRADED such that the tragic crash wouldn't be repeated? Too expensive to upgrade or redesign? Sorry...not buying that excuse.
this jet is the best for show! it cant fight other jet planes, cos it carries so little ammunition, is an 8 tone airplane compared to 20 tons the other fighter jets weigh, is burns most of its fuel when taking off! not worth to rebuild this, otherwise the russians would have made a better one than this! lol
What a gorgeous looking aircraft. Even my missus and two teenage daughters like it and they are not interested in planes at all. I miss it alot. :(
I keep thinking about the Pepsi commercial with the Harrier jet.
Seen a couple of Harriers at airshows and my god they are amazing. Easily the star of the show. So fast, so maneuverable and so loud!!
Great clip, love it!. Sadly missed by enthusiasts but perhaps not by maintenance crews or so I've heard.
thats a lot of pepsi points
@chessplayer100 i aggree with that but it is made for giving squads on the ground cover and support with it's MG that can be placed under the plane...
an amazing plane. I remember sitting in a GR3 once upon a time as a kid
I always see the X-13 at the Wright Patterson AFB Museam. I love the Harrier Jump Jet also.
Great plane from England , saw it fly at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in the last air show at the base in California . The video does not do it Justice. It is just incredible how fast it can slow down in mid flight while being chased and then back up to speed again, also how fast a oil tanker can be made into an aircraft carrier I think it took the Brit's 2 weeks when preparing for 1982 Falklands War.
Harrier is indeed a VERY difficult plane to fly, not when it's cruising, but in its hovering state. It was designed in an era when computer assisted flight was not widely available, so hovering is done mainly using pilot's skills. Modern F35 has a lot of computer augmented hovering programmes that makes hovering in F35 like playing an easy video game.
@chessplayer100
that doesn't matter, its not an air to air fighter, its a CAS aircraft, close air support so its in the same club as aircraft like the A-10 warthog and helo's like the apache and cobra.
the UK took it to the falklands in the 80's and it did very well against argentine aircraft, 24-0 in air to air combat but thats not whats its designed for, its for helping out troops on the ground and destroying ground targets so its excellent for combat and has been very successful.
HA i like how they were using 28 weeks later soundtrack
but still that is a freakin amazing jet
Any idea what show this is from? Is it Top Gear? Also, where can I find the rest of the video?
Like flying into a giant marshmallow ...... mmmmmmm, marshmallow ........
if hovering in reverse is flying in reverse, it can do that . these are great almost a half a century since 1st flight of the Harrier
thanks for the info
SONG: in the house, in a heartbeat
Capitain slow is looking pretty fast
can i buy one? they look so fun
@MrMister1227 So they can have a Character go ahead and crash into a building? Yea, Dont we get helecopters that do that in that game?
One man, one fan, standing alone on his four pillars of pure power. THE carbon-fibre death provider.
i thought this was top gear for a second haha
its like james's big ideas or some thing
@4wheelerDJ Yes, it was too expensive to remain viable. But what's that got to do with the quality of Concorde's engineering?
@hanseykemmerer Its called "In the house - in a heartbeat" nice music, and this is a great video, i remember watching it on tv, he also went up in a Eurofighter the jammy dodger!! And his other job is presenting the best show on tv.... top gear, not a shabby life i think ;)
I flew from across tin runway in a Harrier T2.
Back in 19886
@sharkboy1107 It was the friggin Zombie song in 28 days/weeks later!!!
@kurtf321 I dont know how thats possible. the guns cant shoot without air passing through them. yea i know its just a game
@RusticNinja Sounds like something from 28 Days Later
finally a harrier vid without shitty mw2 comments
daaaammmmnnnn!! I would love to fly that!
it's weird to think that this extremely skilled harrier pilot is now probably without a job thanks to the cuts :(
Time to dive into the av8b dcs rabbit hole...
@bioniclemaster1 wtf is a missile guided missile?
he also flew in U2 Spyplane...and he drove the Bugatti Veylron !!
I remember hearing about how A-10 Warthog pilots, when strafing with their 30mm (!!) cannon in forward flight, would feel the aircraft LOSE airspeed from the constant, horrendous recoil of the cannon...and the Harrier's cannon ain't that bad either, at 25mm diameter rounds.
@4wheelerDJ, That happened because a piece of debris went through the wing of the Concorde and it exploded, nothing to do with the Concorde, its all down to the French not maintaining their runways properly.
Also MrFuFighter, the Harrier Jet was British designed and built, look it up. I don't know why, but whenever Great British invents something the rest of the world claims its theirs, everything we invent is the best in the world.
@supersillybillybob
I'm a Brit also. The declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. I just thought I would point that out.
BRITISH ENGINEERING .... Still the finest in the World.... Love that its presented by MR COOL himself.... Captain Slow...
Jet engine plus 4 nozzles plus a car =flyimg car
isn't that the guy who drove the bugatti veyron to 407 km/h?
BEST THING GOIN EVR I RECKEN THAT @SPOOKSTR IS RIGHT BY MILES
but the orginal design was
@jumpstartkira haha nope it didnt. in mw2 the harrier fires it guns while hovering. Impossible in real life
@chessplayer100 i aggree with that but, it is okay for giving squads on the ground support and to take out masses of people...
@MrMister1227 Basically, I was telling everyone about them, what i know, and so people dont throw around COD refferences
GTA San Andreas Hydra jet plane :)
Ah, the 20 Sqn garden. Many fuel snags fixed there.
@Ieraux
oh yeah, then it would never be used
Those jets are LOUD when VTO/L
whats the song at 2:24
way better no comparison
why would anyone dislike this video??
HA HA They have this Jet in GTA San Andreas
James May :D
@BlueAzelf777 Good luck with those thumbs...
@SPOOKSTR ..........and took kick ass in the gulf war!
"elegant solution" until you realize that you have both forward and aft avionics bays...
Care to explain what that means ? Is it sarcasm ?
Flying car
3 things you should know about Harrier jets,
1. They are showplanes, But there also used in battle,
2. No, MW2 did not make these up, My brother has been working on these before the game was even invented,
3. They are not very good fighters, They are on the other hand good bombers,
NO THESE ARE NOT COD REFERENCES, my brothers in the marines, And he fixes these planes dailys
Not very good fighters, said an Argentine pilot bobbing around in the sea.
They were invented as ground attack/recc aircraft. Sea Harrier as fleet defence. US marines envisaged war in Pacific, wanted something like the old Corsairs. Reason why they pumped money into Harrier in the 60's then later upgrades.
All I'm saying is that Britain or France could've found lower-cost ways to improve Concorde's outdated technology if they'd wanted to. They threw away the entire concept of SST along with the Concorde fleet instead.
i hate ppl who comment on things thinking they no everything because they have mw2
These would have been really handy in Libya.
@brokenpipe Why would they have? We just deployed Tornados which were much more suitable...
lol
@chessplayer100
The Harrier kicked the shit out of all comers in the Falklands war
san andreas
DemoNstration*
@patcoston osprey isnt a jet
@frizzykid100 i dont get wat ur getting at
@jumpstartkira Lol except the part where the harrier floats around for like 10 m inutes an real harriers woudve run out of fuel doing that in like 5 minutes
Viffing was never used in actual combat, neither in the Falklands/Malvinas neither in the rest of conflicts.. in dogfight is not a much usefull maneover.. only would work to disrupt a really close enemy in the tail..but even so it will take you time to regain all that lost speed/energy ..and the enemy could iniciate a turn to get back at your tail and you cant because you have no energy and have to regain it .. its similar to the cobra.. very spectacular but in actual digfight probably not usefull (dogfights are not at 30m like in Top Gun)
Actually, once enemy is in front of you, you can use a missile - you don't need that much time and precision to aim it.
19Koty96 But if your enemy in that close to you in the first place, then they are a idiot.
The Harrier isn't French...
@UltraMif71 $35 million
it stand no chance against any modern airplane today! sorry, i didnt go into technology on it but i am saying it has no chance against other planes as it is a show plane and it cannot fight likes of F 36's Suk-47's Typhoons etc, thats all i said! its amazing when it takes off like an Allien craft but not the best for combat! okay Mr Genius? have a good weekend! :))
Never meant to fight other aircraft. Just like the A-10. You could lock on a A-10 with a Piper Cherokee, we did all the time in the early 90's, we would see them buzzing around our way and we would pull tight turns on them and say, that's another one down! Turning is a bad way to escape.
@@flybobbie1449 "Never meant to fight other aircraft. "
Not the original GR but the Sea Harrier was.
@@AA-xo9uw Yes a later adaption that proved useful.
every thing the british say they invented, you always find out it was made by a foreigner first, until they stole it or bought it ,and made there own version and then they say its british. very nice engineering.lol
The Harrier was the first practical VTOL aircraft and the first fast jet VTOL aircraft to enter service. The second the YAK-38 followed it into service 7 years later and was only in service just over a decade. Indian in the 1980's was purchasing mostly Russian aircraft but rejected the Yak-38 in favor of the Sea Harrier
Designed in France, Manufactured in UK. :)
France...pull the other one, numb nut, a French designer had a basic idea of an engine the British made all their own
@@glastonbury4304 "the British made all their own"
Not without the 75% of the funding provided by the US taxpayer through the MWDP in 1958 - after the British government refused to provide funding - you didn't.
thumbs up if you came because modern warfare 2
@SPOOKSTR bad thing is harriers get shoot down by missle giuded missles to easyly because the heat on the side of the jet is so damned strong lol
mw2 harrier airstrike hahahaha who want to play/
VIF Apparently looses speed which is shite. The nozzles are used to help the turn.
@kelnology your daddy?
@gaming8 Steady on there. First of all I'm not a bedroom dweller and I am very well aware of the frustration in the UK forces about the general quality of US military personnel and their mode of operation which tends towards overkill and extreme violence - it's an attitude that is built into their system and it come from the top. My point is about the Harrier is that it is part of a wider myth of nationhood that is used by the politicians/media and multi-nationals as a convenience.
@kojacked76 This can be done in a USAF Harrier p.s cods shit
@shanesamsophie Let's hope the F35 lives-up to all our hopes!
stop smoking
@MindReader1775 He's right - it is the best in the world: quality not quantity. Wait, let me guess, you think American engineering is the best? Yawn.
What you see in this video is not British. McDonnel Douglas took the basic Harrier and doubled the range and payload and turned it into something useful for the US the we bought it build under licence. I get so sick of all this earn't we Brits great stuff.
Lovegarbage you spout garbage , absolute cretin
@@glastonbury4304 I'm afraid you are the cretin, Sir.
@@lovegarbage #onelove happy to be a factual cretin 👍
Basic concepts are always modified by others, if they have the money. Any one can rework and improve an idea. It's what happened with steam engines, but credit is always given to the first successful inventor. With McDonnell Harrier reliable composite construction helped a lot to reduce weight.
that wasn't available with Harrier mk1.
Just jealous lovegarbage , get back to your bins and be quiet like a good boy now!!!
@lovegarbage Yes, it's great, and yes, it's BRITISH. Stop trying to take the credit for everything, FFS.
YAK-38 anyone?
If British engineering is the best in the world then why is your Concorde fleet (great aircraft up until one of them crashed from a random fluke event) sitting in a museum instead of being technologically UPGRADED such that the tragic crash wouldn't be repeated? Too expensive to upgrade or redesign? Sorry...not buying that excuse.
this video reeks with nationalism and snobbish "we're better than you attitude"
GERMAN ENGINEERING is better
Yes we know form unreliable BMW's and Mercs.
this jet is the best for show! it cant fight other jet planes, cos it carries so little ammunition, is an 8 tone airplane compared to 20 tons the other fighter jets weigh, is burns most of its fuel when taking off! not worth to rebuild this, otherwise the russians would have made a better one than this! lol