the best looking plane ever built ...Something sinister and beautiful about this plane I cant describe it ..

Built new generation of harrier..such cool birds.

I worked at the factory where these were made, along with the early Typhoon. To this day the Harrier is the most inspirational aircraft I have ever seen up close

My favorite air show airplane. The Harrier is fantastic to watch perform maneuvers.

It always amazes me how small this magnificent and unique jet is compared to other modern fighters... But I'd love to own one 🙂🙂🙂

I have had the great pleasure of serving in VMA-513 and witness probably *the funniest crash in Marine Corp aviation history* . AV8A Low on fuel and circling because the crosswind component was far to high to do a conventional landing. The pilot is telling tower and ground that he did not have the fuel to circle much longer and was going to do a cross field approach and vertical landing. Now remember, the reason for this was the fuel was dangerously low but it takes more fuel to land vertically than conventionally. Anyway, pilot comes in across the field low and transitions the nozzles and gets decelerated to almost 0/0 when the fuel runs out. The bird is about 25 feet in the air, and just drops out of the sky and slams into the ground collapsing the gear but the gun pods (as was the case for wheels up landings in the AV8A) did not get shoved up into the fuselage. But this is not the funny part. The crash truck approached at high speed from behind the AC on the ground (into the wind) and started blowing foam despite the fact that the reason for the crash was no fuel. The foam though was going into a headwind and blew back and obstructed the driver's vision, and the AV8A is a small aircraft and looks even smaller when it is on the ground wheels up, so the driver misjudged his distance and hit the bird with considerable speed and totaled the airframe. The pilot had managed to get free of the AC before the crash truck hit it, so no one was injured. For the spectators though (and I monitored the tower comms so we were all out on the apron watching because it was a friend out there in trouble) it was pretty funny. I mean it wasn't our money. We almost always laughed at crazy Harrier stuff. (Later, we did lose an AV8A in a training run. Pilot flew into the water. Target Fixation was ruled to be the probable cause. They recovered scraps for weeks to try to do forensics on it. Covered half of a hanger floor. Pilot was essentially ground up to nothing because in an AV8A, you are sitting a couple of feet in front of the biggest food processor blade ever put into a fighter jet. That is not meant to be funny, it is meant to say that flying in an attack aircraft is dangerous stuff.

Excellent piece of engineering.

Duct taping part was hilarious. and the guy with his hands feeling a live and running jet intake was equally mind-numbing.

one of the most awesome jets.. I want to see it take off vertically

That looked like MCAS Yuma. Wonder if the ground crews still have their "parties" and 24/7, no-holds-barred airsoft wars..... I kid, the Jarines and Navy folks at Yuma were some of the most friendly, professional, and straight-shooting folks to work alongside I've ever known, especially if you're an Army visitor to their post. Always a pleasure to watch AV-8's and A-10's in action. The two planes that always show up on-time/on-target to deliver the goods for the grunts in contact on the ground.

Amazing video, congratulations!

Magnificent machine. Semper Fi

I admire the ground crew for being so relaxed passing near the engine intake without worries, i would be very nervous.

This aircraft ia simply awesome

Muchas gracias, he aprendido mucho por medio de sus aportes.

Na witness ko ang vertical take off at landing ng jet na yan when i was in Jubail , Saudi Arabia. Grabe ang sound ng engine sobrang lakas during Gulf war yon 1991

Amazing British technology and aircraft

Semper Fi my brothers!!!

Beautiful¡¡¡ thank you.

Para me, da classe, ainda é o melhor; em pouso e decolagem!

So proud to be British, thanks England for giving us the harrier jumpjet, british engineering at its finest

Love the sound of Harrier when Pegasus engine spools up to Vertical takeoff power.

Thank you for your service.

En la base de las Azores en un dia de visita,habia exibicion aerea,las 2 cosas que llamaron mas la atencion fueron la exibicion acrobatica de los helecopeteros Alwette III manejados por pilotos veteranos de la guerra colonial,el mas joven tenia sus 60 años, impresionante,los pilotos gringos de los apachae estavan boquiabiertos viendo la exibicion de los Portugueses,lo otro fue el Sea Harrier,capturo mas la atencion del publico que el F 22 raptor que estaba al lado,la gente solo queria retratarse al lado del Harrier,la verda es un avion ya viejo pero con una estampa impresionante ,lo mas parecio a una nave extraterrestre,y al despegar uauuuuu como aplaudian viendo ese remolino que dejo tras de si....

I miss you AV-8B from thailand🇹🇭

It will be a sad day when the last of these amazing aircraft are retired from service. The F-35B may have the same and more capabilities than the Harrier, but it will never have the same iconic legacy that the Harrier has.

gambiarra na aviação militar! isto é incrível!

The landing is butter

Sure looks like the ground crew gets close to the intakes!

Lindo avión de combate, pero, pensaba que despegaría y aterrizaría de forma vertical. Saludos desde Chile.🇨🇱🇬🇧

great landing!!

Wonderful Airplane!

Fascinating aircraft anyway!

Maybe it's a USAF Regulation I was used to ,but we always had to steer way clear of engine intakes and that Harrier has a Helluva Intake!!

Super work

El mejor avion.

Beautiful masterpiece of jet❤😎

Pre-flight = duct taping the plane 😊

EXCELENTE VIDEO.

Sigue siendo un super avion!!!!

It’s criminal that the RAF doesn’t operate this fantastic British aeroplane

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

awesome

Great job

01:20 duct tape fixes anything, even the super-hi tech brithish tecnology, no shit!💥😂

Harriers do conventional take off runs when loaded with bombs drop tanks etc, anything to save fuel. VTOL ops only done on front lines

c'est fabuleux ce que vous projette comme video

Ive got one in my photo LOVE THEM 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I don't understand the big missile like structure on the Harrier wings beside the small missiles

QUE CHIDO!!!!

Thank you to the t'ime groupes landings.

Thankyou to uplouads.

the takeoff appears to be the technique they use on a ship; horizontal thrust to get moving; a short takeoff run, partial vertical thrust to get into the air. The landing looks like it was also a "hybrid"; horizontal velocity combined with some significant vertical thrust. The approach doesn't look like it was flown at speeds necessary for entirely wing-borne flight. Interesting.

Only the Best Marine Pilot can fly an AV-8B Harrier

Excellent

Kumar Rathod

duct tape...love it!

😊😀😁ขอบคุณมากครับ

Complimenti per il video

Looked like the ground crew support guy conducted a "100 hour inspection." Did I see a ground crew member using Duct Tape on the tail fin area of that ordinance

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Olá é legal ver o herrers voando na vertical e na horizontal é de mais ok

Lowkey throwing that dip in at 2:38

Kelamaan prepare-nya keburu musuhnya datang..😁

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم القوه لله الواحد القهار

Really a unique fighter

MT bom jatos de caça com funções múltiplas seria possível decolar verticalmente em porta aviões de última geraçâo...??

Duct tape with built in stealth technology,buy one get one free.

Looks like Yuma. WTI 2X 1980.

amazing

Nice video

wasn't he just a little bit too close from the air intake?

😱 My god, he is almost putting his arm into the turbine/air-intakes 😬 Talking about balls of steel 😅

Eso sta maravilloso

Can't wait can't wait!

Someone posted the Eurofighter Typhoon resembles a catfish...I think the AV-8B looks like a mudskipper; look them up.

1:20 "Look, Mom, I've fixed it!" Duct tape fixes anything }-)) LOL

wow.. amazing, very interesting

Beautifull plane

1:20 sticky tape on jet? not a good idea.

The only successful VTOL ever made and we Brits made it .

so good

Good video

Designed and developed in UK. Made in USA.

why is the guy touching it all over, feeling the heat?

WoW, The aircraft looks nearly as heavy as the pilot is!

great looks ................... very nice

I SOOO miss working on this bird. MDC ship number 297.

Pure sex! I love Harriers, and I was sad the Brits decommissioned theirs.

Awesome and true responsibilities

Wow great

4:18 when a noob gets dcs and they have no clue how to turn off the parking brake

One the best of U.Ks pride💪💪💪👰 and💂 world class fighter planes Harriers.much love👍👍👍👍👍👍💞👍👍👍👍 hope one day Somaliland air force will get its first Harriers..sooon..😎😎😎🙌😎😎

สุดยอดเยี่ยมเอวี8

very good pilot.

No Guerra.. No caças 🍸💜🍺...Brasiĺ..

The winner at the Falklands war, decisive weapon. 200 Argentinians airplanes against 28 British Harriers; still the Harrier set the pace and dominated the skies. “La Muerte Negra “ Harriers shot down 18 enemies planes and 0 lost in Dog fight!

Thankyou to watchi

СПАСИБО.!!!

My dream is fly that airplane in real life :) Or just touch it.