AV-8B Harrier II: The Pepsi Plane
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The AV-8B Harrier II was developed by a team comprised of McDonnell Douglas, British Aerospace, and Rolls-Royce. Back in the 90s this aircraft cost almost 30 million dollars. Or, 7 million Pepsi points! It was based on the 1957 British-designed Hawker-Siddley Kestrel and went through a series of extensive upgrades. This aircraft is from the first V/STOL fighter jet family. And even though it is subsonic and not designed as a fighter, the 1st generation of this aircraft saw dogfight action during the Falkland War and held its own against Argentine’s Mirage jet fighters. U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf named this aircraft as one of several important weapons in the Gulf War. The Harrier II is the first combat aircraft to employ composite materials extensively. With the help of the its unique nozzles Harrier II can perform a special air maneuvre called VIFF’ing that is making radically tight, controlled turns. The Harriers were supposed to be retired, but the F-35's delays and a review that not only altered how the Marines used the Harrier but also revealed that the airframes still had a lot more flight time in them than had been previously believed gave them a second chance.
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This video really understates the incredible British engineering that made this possible. The fundamental technology was decades ahead of anything else.
My favorite Aircraft. I saw one at MCAS El Toro Airshow in Irvine in 1992. I will not forget how awesome it its.
The Brits abandoned work on the Harrier II from 1975 - 1981 due to lack of money. They returned after McDonnell Douglas had completed the overwhelming majority of the redesign and political forces had changed in the UK.
@Adrian-jk4kx
5 ай бұрын
1982 Falklands War UK was already using the Sea Harrier and Harrier fully operational ..in action .. !!??
@Ezekiel903
5 ай бұрын
Italy did an upgrade to their Harrier fleet, they are now fully 4 gen. aircraft, stronger engine, new Radar and weapon systems and heavy carry capacity. Australia should have done the same, much cheaper as the F35
@JonM-ts7os
23 күн бұрын
@@Adrian-jk4kx First version not the best version.
I need one of these...
mmm that engine just gives me all the chills
A very interesting airplane!
Amazing 😮
Keep it up 🤟✊
I saw it the first time in my favorite PS2 game Metal Gear Solid 2
Aviators gonna AV-8
VMA-223 and VMA-542 represent
Cool plane !
Old warrior
SAINT LEW-ISSS, YOU REGAL SONUVA
Eh...The British invented this aircraft and it did a fine job in the Falklands 1982.. it was upgraded by Mcdonnel Douglas.....The Martin B57 was also an upgrade of the Canberra Bomber ( another British Aircraft) Also of note is the P51 Mustang..it only became worthy of its name after the insertion of a British designed ( but improved ) Rolls Royce Merlin Engine.
I wonder what would happen if the Pegasus was upgraded to a counter-rotating turbine set up(the Vulcan bomber has counter-rotating turbine engines,) along with a more stealthy configuration?
US-based startup claims its VTOL will have Mach 0.66 cruise speed and over 11,000 miles of range. 👉 ie.social/N26nN
@fusiliers1
6 ай бұрын
American SHUT UP Us Brits designed NOT you
@alanbadilla7003
5 ай бұрын
11 thousand miles of range????🤦♂️🤔
Where can I buy
Jet so damn good Pepsi almost gave one away lol. The netflix doc about this bird is hilarious. #jakehunter88
@4_youtube_is_dead
Жыл бұрын
sound salty
@AA-xo9uw
Жыл бұрын
Kimba Wood tossed that lawsuit.
IS IT Helicopter SYSTEM?
Well, sorry, the MCAS in Yuma, used to be a Harrier base, NOW: No Harriers on the base! Sorry!
@CJCBC72
5 ай бұрын
No problem, but MCAS Miramar and MCAS Cherry point still have Harrier Squadrons. Nice try.😊
Its time to invest on antigravity planes with non combustion propulsion systems.
Oh my God! I would call it Poopsy and not a Pepsi.
Next we work about the projects in 2060 we have a new generation fighter jet this fighter jet av 8 harier f 18 super hornet f16 f 15 f 35 yf 22 yf 23 a 14 night wolv f 117 b2 sperit f 14 tomcat we are working this the the projects
Pepsi plane?
@carlosalvendia5860
2 ай бұрын
Long story about Pepsi bottles and military equipment
لو كنت وزير الذفاع اشتريت 200 av 8b 200f 15 200 super hornet 200 f14 tomcat
200 f16 200 f35
Deal 50units🇲🇾
Btw change your narrator
Those 1st models, the British ones, > THEY SUCKED! Our American Pilots "dropped" so many of those darned things!
@Rybo65
Жыл бұрын
damn we got a real patriot here XD remember without those British harriers that "sucked" you wouldn't have your av8b and the gr7 could run rings around it in performance and combat effectiveness
@Mr.mysterious76
Жыл бұрын
Are you dum*b, obviously the first model of a first of it's kind complex 1960's aircraft can't be as good as improved versions from it's future but it offered a blueprint for the ones that came later
@AA-xo9uw
Жыл бұрын
@@Rybo65 Without all of the American taxpayer money funneled into the UK via the MWDP the Pegasus/Kestrel/Harrier never would have made it past the drafting table. Why didn't the Brits ever pay to equip their Harrier IIs with RADAR?
@Rybo65
Жыл бұрын
@@AA-xo9uw it didn’t need radar it was a multi role not a designated fighter and the radar would have upset the COG and was unnecessary weight that it would have to vtol with
@AA-xo9uw
Жыл бұрын
@@Rybo65 Yet the Marine Corps, Italy and Spain all equipped their Harrier II+s with the AN/APG-65 which had no impact on CG or the ability to takeoff or recover vertically.
F36b is a copy of the harrier
@vigilante3916
Ай бұрын
Yak 141 laughing in corner😂
It didnt "hold its own" against the Arge Mirage and Skyhawks, it OBLITERATED them. It also took on F5`s piloted by American "Aggressor" squadron pilots and obliterated them, it then took on American F15`s and wiped the floor with them as well. See Sharky Wards "Sea Harrier Over The Falklands" book or audiobook.
ARGENTAINE? WHO THE FUCK IS ARGENTAINE