BBC reporter's RAF Harrier Flight

[grantdeshane]

avro was a canadian company, for one, and wikipedia it avrocar, first aircraft to have verticle to forward thrust

[dmax631]

@agibbs98 The Nazis could not invade the United Kingdom, they did not have anything that could get past the Royal Navy or the RAF, get your head out of your backside

[grantdeshane]

@agibbs98 actually it was canadians who first invented the engeineering marvel ur speaking of in the harrier jump jet, look it up, was an attempt at a huver craft and then when we sold avro the british got the blue prints and designed the harrier

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 I normally come online around this time as my phone is quiet and I can play music whilst I work.

My phone is a company phone, but I own the company... so technically I own it, although I get taxed for the benefit.

Why would I go on holiday in the summer when the weather is nice? I have time off in winter when it gets depressing and go abroad.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 I have an Android that I too get email on, but I don't feel the compulsion to reply straight away... I have better things to do with my time. LOL the last thing I would spend £600 is a windows phone, I used to have a company one and it sucked hard. Why would you buy one out right and not get a contract? I do contracts daily worth around that amount...

I didn't read the argument, I just know you surrendered because you are french.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 Fuck, you respond fast... Do you not have a life outside of YouTube?

Well, I only work for 6-7 months a year.

A British engineering marvel at that. It seems to me we haven't actually argued about planes... so your argument is completely invalid as usual.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 I graduated with a Masters in Electronic Engineering, 2 years later I became a Chartered Engineer after completing a graduate training program. I now contract to the Energy and Utilities sector. I have worked in Germany where french engineers are considered less than worthless. I'm also sure I'm considerably richer than you, yet nowhere near as obnoxious (I guess it comes with the territory of being french).

[TheKelusk]

@agibbs98 The United States is an ex-British colony, it was mostly populated by English until they decided they wanted to live by themselves...

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 Nah, I just hate the french more than I hate americans. I understand why you don't like to face facts.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 Why have you been defending france all the way through this, why is your Channel in french and why does it say your home country is france?

Operation Sea Lion was cancelled on the 17th September 1941 after a Nazi defeat in the Battle of Britain. The usa didn't declare war on Germany until the 11th December 1941, over a year later. Once again, Britain defeated a larger force, just like at Trafalgar (defeated the french and spanish) and just like Agincourt (defeated the french).

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 WTF? You switch between being a frog or an american when it suits you?? Typical lying french man. England never got invaded... france was rolled in less than 2 weeks...

I have nothing against electricians, unlike you I realise their contribution to society. I guess to a guy who sits in planes for a living... anyone who works with electricity must be an electrician...

[TheKelusk]

@agibbs98 Don't talk down to the British, without us you wouldn't exist...

[amazingrapist]

He's french.

[TheKelusk]

@amazingrapist Oh really? carry on then... my point still stands though.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances.

Good luck in the euro zone. Can't wait for Germany to bail you out.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 Yes, I enjoy trolling.

It seems that even the simplest of "IQ by nation" shows that even in the tightest margin, the average IQ in the UK leads that of france by 2 points and in the greatest by 6. The UK has 116 Noble Prize winners compared to a meagre 57 by the frogs.

I guess you can't perform a Fourier Transform on snails and berets though.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 If you don't know what a Chartered Engineer is, you haven't got a degree in Mechanical or even Aeronautical Engineering.

I have a Masters in Electronic Engineering and then gained the professional status of Chartered Engineer, you know... like a Chartered Surveyor, Architect or Accountant... someone with accreditation from their professional body.

I have worked with many different European engineers and by far, the french are the worst. Do they even teach maths in french schools?

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 Yeah man... sure.... I guess you're still pissed off with Trafalgar or Agincourt or every other battle le frogs have taken part in. I understand, I'd hate to be french too.

I'm a Chartered Engineer, I'm sure I have more qualifications than you.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 The americans hate you too. I don't know a lot about aviation, I didn't say I did, but I still know more than you. They don't make planes out of onions, garlic and wine so you wouldn't be interested in them anyway.

[amazingrapist]

@agibbs98 You lose the argument because you are french.

[draaier327]

he ik wordt een beetje misselijk

[stig781]

@agibbs98 Yes, they did actually.

[CyphenPhsyX]

@okaaaiiiden

You also left other work crew who could of been working at the initial designs, those people could of been from Japan or other countries. You also forgot that Douglas Air's and Boeing were participated in building this fantastic British aircraft, both of these which are US based companies.

[daveslow84]

i'm never quite sure if i should find the american way of thinking that NOBODY could EVER achieve ANYTHING even close to their excellence, let alone BETTER saddening and frightening or just plain amusing =/

[blackburnbuccaneer]

Also what is the point of designing a stealth air superiority fighter which does not have sufficent internal fuel to opperate at the ranges which are required to provide air cover for the more remote areas of the U.S. and as a result it must carry drop tanks thus negating the stealth features which are integral to the F-22s claimed capabilities.

[blackburnbuccaneer]

The Typhoon FGR.4 Can out fly the raptor in almost every aspect of the flight envelope and, despite it's "stealth features" Typhoons have obtiained missille lock on F-22s on several occasions, not only with IRST but also with the CAPTOR radar.

[jonshepherd]

Yes the Harrier was designed and built by British citizens but I bet you personally had fuck all to do with it.

[sparkythefinn]

@okaaaiiiden i agree m8 so sad and another fact is they dumbed down its avionics and offensive weopons suite so as to not make it better than the f22 raptor

[sparkythefinn]

@okaaaiiiden to true m8 wish we still had them and not that pitiful jca replacement thats not vstol and wont be in service for years

[DannytLFC01]

we can build weapons of destruction but why can we build a car

[Kookas]

@DannytLFC01 I assume you meant why can't we build a car. The problem with that is that we can and have.

[DannytLFC01]

@Kookas bad cars america corvetts mustangs

[butchd2010]

they should have kept harrier and jaguar for the falklands and home defence but the goverment like saying were skint and giving billions to other countrys more

[SPOOKSTR]

I race GP bikes and i thought that was a real buzz...but it ain't got shit on what these guys do...what an awesome way to make a living.

[AirSquirrel1]

Harrier - Designed, Manufactured, Built in Kingston upon Thames, UK.

I never got to see it hover. Thank you goverment thank you very much for narrowing down from the Phantom, Jaguar and Harrier to just the Tornado and the Typhoon and the Typhoon has not even gone to Kandahar yet - to my knowleadge (if not, please reply)

[hellcatjoe]

@AirSquirrel1 Here here!, They really have taken the 'Great' out of Great britain, A total disgrace toward the RAF.

[TeamYankee2]

@AirSquirrel1 The Typhoon is not Air to Ground rated yet.. couldn't even drop a turd on the Taliban!

The RAF’s current fleet is now being used to deliver quick reaction alert cover for the UK from Coningsby in Lincolnshire and Leuchars in Scotland, and also for the Falkland Islands.

This emphasis on delivering air defence services from multiple sites has come at the expense of the RAF establishing the Typhoon as a ground-attack asset.

[CyphenPhsyX]

British-designed military jet aircraft

[Darkclawable]

Good video, the Harrier is Awesome.

[megatwingo]

Interesting video. Thanks for uploading. Thumbs up! :)

[tzebra]

It is good that the UK/US work together on most things. The end result of such cooperation is a beautiful plane such as this.

[SpitfireUK2]

RIP. Gentleman you are looking at the last ever 100% British designed and British built Jet, and now thanks to our recent defence review these are to be brought out of service, the British defence industry is in an accelerated rate of decay. RIP Harrier AKA Kestrel.

[karlberrisford]

you cant go that far. the engine, the basic concepts, and original combat models are 100% british. but in the falklands, the americans gave us the sidewinders that we didnt have. without them, the sea-harriers would have been next to useless.

and everything after the GR3 is 50% american modification.

but essentially, its a fantastic piece of british engineering. i love the harrier, i live right underneath the landing path at wittering. however, i cant deny that its about 15% american.

[JackDevvo]

The Harrier Is 100000000000% NOT American

[Mishinima]

Amazing !

[WhenJesseGetsBored]

ok we get it its made by the brit its not like it said it in the dam video...idiots

[lovegarbage]

@okaaaiiiden It is not I am afraid

[lovegarbage]

The Harrier that we plucky Brits use is a development of the McDonnell Douglas AV8B so the Harrier as we know it is AMERICAN!

[dazyboy1973]

@lovegarbage wrong, the harrier is British then we sold some to the us marines. Then McDonnell Douglas brought the rights to build them and they redesigned them, enter the AV8B. the harriers you saw in the film were probably a GR7 and the trainer, they 're a evolution of the Harriers we've been building since the beginning.

[shad0wshrew]

the thing is british have the best trained piolts, seamen and army than everywhere else. im going into the raf as all my fathers apart from my dad where in the millatry.

[viruslived]

People seem to get the AV-8B Harrier II and the Jump Jet confused... The Harrier II Plus was a redesign by McDonald Douglas. It still uses many British patents though. I love all Harriers!

[louisletrekk]

A short story about the harrier :

Brits invented the harrier -as well as designing it and building it. The yanks and the Americans played happy families to create a new harrier and the Brits couldn't be fucked. The Brits came back, built upon the Americans' upgrades and alterations and put in their own, better avionics (and extra wing pylons).

The result?? The Harrier GR.7 & Harrier GR.9

At the end of the day, though the AV-8B & Harrier GR.7/9 are similar, the GR. 7/9 is still a British jet.

[matthew220891]

@louisletrekk First off I'm not American. If you'd been arsed to take account of the fact I'm in the Royal Navy perhaps logic would have followed...

Yeah I never said it was not a British jet, I was replying to the dipshits who seemed to think the Americans had nothing to do with the Harriers we use at the moment, which (as I said down there) are very similar to the US jets, and mostly based upon them. I never said they WERE the US jets.

[louisletrekk]

@matthew220891

Sorry, I realised after I'd sent that..so I deleted my comment.

My sarcastic explanation of the GR. 7/9 above kind of matches what your saying.

You an observer in the fleet air arm??

Yeah I know, you said we stopped using the british version though they were still built by british manafactures. (not trying to be sarcastic just agreeing)

[matthew220891]

@louisletrekk Yeah that's fine lol, sarcasm is the highest form of wit. Yep, I am an observer for Merlins. Yeah by British version I meant the Sea Harrier which sucks, since the Gr.7/9 are shite for air defence. Bring on the F35 :P

[diveplane]

@matthew220891 f35 is still to be proven, all looks good on paaper only for now dude.

stealth technolgy is not effective anymore russians have radars that see everythign now.

[matthew220891]

@diveplane Fortunate then that the Cold War's over and it isn't designed for a war with Russia lol

[bajesus666]

@diveplane ......stealth is designed so you are INVISIBLE on radar....the beams cant show them on radar

[louisletrekk]

@matthew220891 Problem with the F-35 is, there's no engine choice to choose from as the pentagon canceled development of a second engine....and it's a single engined jet. But for all it's minor failures, we shall soon see (or maybe not so soon dude to repeated development lengthening) how the F-35 truly performs in real combat :D. Gr.7/9 are indeed shiite for AD, but were perfect for low level, low speed ground attack...which we no longer have (and definitely need imo) in out armed forces :/

[matthew220891]

@louisletrekk "Soon..." And I suspect I won't I have a funny feeling I'll be an ex member of the RN sooner or later lol... Agreed though.

[tasior2103]

great flying, i wish could be a least passenger someday

[matthew220891]

@okaaaiiiden Not quite 100%...

[ekumanista]

legia to kurwa

[vne1981]

Nice video! Did anyone else notice that the Pilot breifing at 1.35 is a Kiwi (New Zealander), he is a former RNZAF Skyhawk Pilot.

[deeka24]

wonderfull aircraft joelwitaker i think you will find it is wittering, a big clue would be the reporter saying his name and location at the end of the report, and for the flag wavers i am british however the last 100% british built fighter you will find was in fact the english electric lightning, the harrier unfortunatly not 100% british built, but is in design

[killkidnumber2]

beautiful aircraft i was at the edge of my seat at 4:12 on that tight turn GOD tht was sexy lol :D

[transonicbuoy1]

Aye, this one's 100% UK. Don't forget, too, that most modern fighters rely on Martin Baker, UK, Bucks, firm, for their ejection seats.

[joelwhitaker]

RAF Cottesmore..lived there for 6 years

[bleyland629]

LOVE IT :P although not 100% brittish might i add. atleast i dont think so. if anyone could tell me awsome :P

[joelwhitaker]

completely british!

[xMartysx]

Jedi one? sounds cool :-D

[tkmsteve331]

yeah he did, on the g meter on the hud you can see he pulls over 4

[brokenpipe]

Thank you for sharing this video, very interesting. I wonder if this T2 is the one that downed a little while ago?

[watson946]

It's a T10.

[brokenpipe]

Indeed it is

[Nickshark1982]

Didn't the technology come from the Germans? I am not sure.....

[brokenpipe]

ROFL, no sorry.

[tshirtandties]

too much fuel to use - lol i keep seeing you on different RAF vids lol

[stupidismymiddlename]

You can carry more fuel / weapons if you do a short rolling take-off. Hence STOVL - Short Take Off Vertical Landing.

[chickendippers1997]

Wow did that bbc reporter get to go on the harrier withhout any training. thats like putting a sausage in a frieng pan and not turning it over?!

[raymondrayban]

it has a very distinctive sound when i saw it start up at an airshow a few years back,i think its awesome,

[RojoPirata]

Outstanding, Sir!

[nighthawk006]

Nice upload! *****

[planejunky]

Great clip. The original Harrier was indeed a British design, entering service in 1969 as the GR.1 later upgraded with a laser ranger and called GR.3. The Royal Navy the Sea Harrier FRS.1 (later upgraded to FA.2 in the 1990's) which along with the GR.3 fought in the Falklands war of 1982. The USMC and Spanish Armada both purchased the aircraft too as the AV-8A. BAe and McDonnell Douglas teamed up in the 1980's to develop the HArrier II, today's GR.7&9/AV-8B, also used by Spain and Italy.

[Aggiesgigem]

To bad it's not that good : /

[Solidboat123]

"To bad it's not that good : /"

How'd you work that one out?

[KordinaTraince]

Ohh nice...i would give all stuff to do it like him, i love to fligh, but to fly in a jet, it must be awesome!

i love it

[MrMoorkey]

Never went backseat in a Harrier. Managed to get a go backseat in a Hawk (you Americans call the Goshawks I believe)

It is impossible to describe how awesome it was.

[airbus91]

what the hell does tertry mean?

[transonicbuoy1]

Let's not go down that infamous YouTube Britain/US debate thing. Thanks for your comments. But I remember, distinctly, the Falklands. Two small carriers and a handful of Harriers - amazing stuff. Yes, Mc Doug USA did enhance the Harrier. But the RR Pegasus is the powerplant, the frame, and of course the whole concept, is British. You chaps have enough of you own amazing creations, so we don't need to start an anonymous web argument. Cheers.

[jetfighter13]

yeah

[jetfighter13]

no, hey, im not rying to get you mad, but what happenedwas that hawker didnt like how unsafe it was so they cancelled the program. so we americans, im not really proud of this, but we might have had spys and discovered it, so we made it better and safe with you guys, but i misunderstood what i red, but we worked together with MCdonnel Douglas and BAE aerospace.but sorry about the misunder standing. the 13 stands for my lucky number

[jetfighter13]

HEY, ITS BRITISH, BUT MOSTLY AMERICAN. You guys gave up on it and we built it to what it is now

[theyoungstar]

I take it you're a 13 year old American?! Or maybe you are an actual 13 year old jet fighter with wings and nozzles and everything. But again, maybe not! But Britain give up?! I think not old boy, don't forget that if it wasn't for our lad Frank in his shed you wouldn't have a jet engine with which to make your fast planes and jokes about jolly old British engineering what what. It's a Hawker Harrier isn't it? I seem to recall Mr Hawker and his company were English, designer of the Hurricane?

[jetfighter13]

true

[crouchtrac]

shut the fuck up u silly twat Americans didn't build this the brits did and they used it in the Falklands wich was probably long before u wer born

[matthew220891]

@crouchtrac Erm yes the Americans did build a tonne of their own Harriers, adapted from British designs. And the Harrier Britain uses at the moment is based on the US design. So stick that in your fat arse and smoke it, idiot.

[crouchtrac]

thank you, you just won my argument for me, "adapted from British design," that means if the British didnt "DESIGN" it then the lazy American bastards wouldnt have anything to adapt, so stick that in your fat arse and smoke it, idiot.

[toweronepower]

@matthew220891 LOL so fucking what loser

[matthew220891]

@toweronepower I was answering to what some of the jingoistic idiots here posted dumb arse... And if you must know I work with these jets. So stop bloody trolling you toss pot.

[toweronepower]

@matthew220891 LOL This plane is British man why do people like you try and lay claim to things that are nothing to do with you? Your going to tell me America invented the jet engine next.

[matthew220891]

@toweronepower Right fucktard I'm gonna lay it onto you like only a professional can. I am a British Royal Navy Merlin helicopter observer. I see Harriers a LOT. I can assure you the current design Britain is using is based on the US Harrier design, which is an adaptation from our old one. We stopped using the British version in 2006. Now shut up. And fuck off.

[toweronepower]

@matthew220891 The odd change here and there does not make it a different aircraft, that is like saying my German car is British because i bought the gearstick from a british shop. I dont care if you are a bloody helicopter observer it does not change anything.

[matthew220891]

@toweronepower It's surprising similar to buying a single British part for a German car. Since it is effectively a US Harrier II with a few British parts. Harrier Gr.7s and 9s are basically US Harrier II's with a few different weapons.

[jetfighter13]

ok, im sorry, you guys are right, just had a bad day when i wrote it. but, sorry