Its sound is unmistakable. A great aircraft that has served long beyond its planned lifespan.

Yeah, I was at Davis Monthan as they arrived then got shots in storage, such a absolute waste.

You should be proud, UK invented this unique jet!

@@delten-eleven1910 "UK invented this unique jet!"(sic) With a lot of help - both financial and technical - from the MWDP - particularly the United States - as Rowland White points out in his book Harrier 809. The UK ended up being a subcontractor on the Harrier II having abandoned the project from 1975-1981. “Without American support, it’s entirely possible there’d never even have been a Harrier; at least not one that existed beyond the confines of Ralph Hooper’s sketchbook. As early as 1959, NASA saw enough potential in the embryonic British jump jet design to provide encouraging technical reports. And while the Hawker board might have sanctioned building two P.1127 prototypes without any official backing, it was American money from an organization called the Mutual Weapons Development Program based in Paris - a sort of military start-up incubator - that largely financed the construction of the expensive BE.53 Pegasus engines on which flying prototypes were dependent. Indeed it was the same agency that had introduced Sir Stanley Hooker to Michel Wibault’s Gyroptere in the first place. Such was the lack of British government interest or support that one senior USAF General was sure that without intervention ‘an all British P.1127 would die a natural death - it would just wither away.’ And so the Pentagon proposed the creation of a multinational squadron to conduct a series of trials using a development of the P.1127 known as the Kestrel.” Harrier 809, Rowland White, pg. 75

They have been replacing them with the F-35B for a while now. VMA-231 will be the last squadron to sunset the Harrier before transitioning over to the Lightning II.

One massive engine. It's a single engine aircraft.

pogue

Oooo ooo maybe a part of the water injection system? Or is that only used in hover? It was puffing during high speed passes too hmm

She's just burning some fuel.

​@@whtlightnnwater injection works at a certain power setting if selected.

its applying maximum power with zero air speed into the intake so the engine is starved of air causing some unburned fuel.