***** im sad theyre getting rid of it in 2030, at that point ill be lucky to fly it for a few years.

@@SemperVestibulum Marines are a part of the Navy.

asciibaron yes, the Marine Corps is department of the Navy...the men’s department

@@asciibaron Bit late, but nope. Marine Corps is a seperate branch. Don't be so ignorant

​@@nuzor7 the Department of the Navy has two uniformed services, the US Navy and the US Marines. the US Marines answer to the SECNAV. Marine officers go tthe US Naval Academy. these facts are easily found on the internet sites for both the Department of the Navy and the US Marines.

steve hale Great British plane, as for the pilot, in his own words "He could not see the stools" so he just put it down "LUCKY"

We are all intelligent but sometimes lack the means to express or create our own ideas.

Wild About Nature it’s not British it’s American r/wooosh

RazorWolf Taylor the Harrier is a British invention developed and built by hawker in the UK. Then built under licence in the US. Just because it has US markings on it doesn’t make it any less British

that's not how r/wooosh works

British used it the best just ask the argie’s

@@1nefinitive shut up

+FRANCO MARIC So it's the USMC that has some sense then!

FRANCO MARIC read the desk.

FRANCO MARIC exactly, I said the same thing

The US Marines are a part of the US Navy . Everything and anything going to the Marines goes through the Navy first . The Marines get hand-me-down weapons from the US Navy SEALS. SEALS tests it , determines it's abilities and practicalities , then the SEALS het their pick of the weapons or equipment first to outfit all SEAL teams , then Marines get there's and it's usually set up to where the Army and the other military services het their shot at it .

Does it matter?

Yer, the landing gear failed. lol

SexyToshi Yep, on the American "improved" Harrier, lol :-)

Hear hear!

Majestic Skywhale The jet engine WAS given free to America by Britain and all the "Lend Lease" stuff was PAID for by Britain. Everybody knows these things. Now stop talkng rubbish and bugger off.

Majestic Skywhale I regret your error or ommission. Whilst tacit repayment by the UK to the US - in the form of technologies - is a documented matter, the Lend Lease to the UK - just over $1bn - is also known to have been fully repaid in monetary instalments by 2006: "The final payment of $83.3 million (£42.5 million), due on 31 December 2006 (repayment having been deferred in the allowed five years), was made on 29 December 2006 (the last working day of the year). After this final payment Britain's Economic Secretary to the Treasury formally thanked the U.S. for its wartime support." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease#Repayment.

And without getting 5 stars...

It is pretty expensive. Isn't it.

Less than half the price of the (we'll get it right eventually) F35.

+Barry Sabahat hate to burst your bubble, but other countries have air forces that can land on small roads on mountains (The Swiss) rather than a stool. Plus other countries have this kind of plane

+Barry Sabahat The very first hover by the first Harrier cost £16,000 44 years ago. The Typhoon costs £61,000 per one hour of flight mostly down to depreciation and maintenance.

I didn't say other countries ' military sucks. I just like ours too.

That the US (McDonell-Douglas) had to improve

No, modified so that sub-standard Marine Corp pilots could fly the plane.

+Daddyclive Modified so they aren't limited to dropping dumb bombs, beyond visual range capability, night flight capabilities, etc etc. All around a much better aircraft.

+LuisQ7492 MD did nothing to it in engineering terms, any mods were done by British Aerospace in Brough and Kingston.

+zoinks shaggy Nope. Still the only aircraft in the world that can do what it does. The F-35 doesn't come close.

Keeping his cool to land a vertical take-off plane without front gear? Worst case scenario is that the plane would have leaned forward a little after he hit the deck. He wasn't coming in hot with a Tomcat. Geez, I didn't know the Marines were such pussies these days. Imagine if he had to go into COMBAT?!

WOW - Nice work Soldier. 🛬❕

Mission failed, well get them next time

+XTheLostChampionX The mission didn't fail, the aircraft was broken and had to land. Any landing that a pilot walks away from is a good one, especially in fighter jets

@@francessweeney2308 r/woooooosh

+Mr.Chuck Yeah at this point he would of had to eject.

Would've used a barricade.

RamSheen TV more like 30mph

I'd try and stall it and get it on the rear gear

Carriers have a barricade which can be rigged in the event of an aircraft needing to land without the ability to do so normally (malfunctioning gear, tail hook, damage to the aircraft etc.) The barricade is essentially a large net of webbing which a crew can setup across the runway of a carrier in just a few minutes. A plane can then essentially fly/roll into this barrier and it will "arrest" (or decelerate and ideally stop) an aircraft. With malfunctioning gear, they'd hit the barricade and cause some significant damage to the deck/barriers, which would need repairs, so first of all they'd have to ground any other aircraft in the area which rely on that carrier, before they bring in the final damaged aircraft, as it'd hinder the ability for other aircraft to land in the event of a damaged carrier deck. It's really a (second to) last case scenario (after ejection which is the all-else-fails option and incredibly dangerous, primarily to the pilot, as ejection can cause serious back injury and landing in the ocean is not a fun time.) Ideally, however, if the plane is close enough to land to be diverted to an actual runway, that would be, by far, the safest option.

Oorah!

I’m British and even I have to admit that was one hell of a landing

🌈🌈🌈🌈

This Army veteran adds his HUAH!!!! 🇺🇸

+km bismark AV-8B is American engineering mate..

And made in the USA.

***** No its American engineering ..The last and only truly British Harrier Brits had was the GR3 and the Sea Harrier and modified GR3 the late British Harrier GR7 was originally the Harrier AV8-B and Brits bought them off the yanks !!!

+FORBAN2 They're all based on the Hawker Siddeley engineering design, including all cloned versions.

Εωσφόρος Not true ! The last and only truly British Harrier was the GR3 and its upgraded version and the Sea Harrier..AV-8B is entirely different and has little or nothing to do with the original Hawker Siddeley .. The latest British Harrier GR7 was a copy of the AV-8B..

Sure! Bud or Pabst Blue Ribbon...?!?!

Lol! Someone hold my beer! Lol!

and get out the rubbing compound. heh

Hold my beer LOL I love Comment s

Silly Goose

Whoami691 No, but I've seen the Green Berets.

***** Watch the red arrows, then get back to me. They are highly skilled pilots, probably best in the world.

Whoami691 Yeah, I know them. I'm British. I pay for them. But I've never seen them.

That was cool

Kritacul Well your welcome for your aircraft engines :) UK

+Derpysquidman King of all squids your a few years outa date lol

+Derpysquidman King of all squids ah lol forgive me it was early in the morning lol

+Angelo Van Den Brande thanks man

But that stool will be hard to scootch around, and the NOISE!

they aren't great. they aren't even better than europeans

they are the greatest just by number and wallet size, still enough to win against a much smaller army with far greater training but the costs of war would be very big as also the impact on American families that lost their soldiers. so yeah, they're not very good in the end and they aren't performing so well on the current war either, they rely much more on the European forces' support and claim the final victory as theirs when they find a weak spots and send their special forces.

+CeeDee Player they are not very smart.

Excellent term, dig it!!!

it is though

Check the Bristol Stool Chart.

Yes, because your average plane can land without its landing gear, and yes, they do fail on other planes!

"simulator"... "Console"... "games"....