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VIDEO: Private Sea Harrier in emergency vertical landing
www.flightglobal.com ^
| 15/11/07
| Graham Warwick
Posted on 11/15/2007 11:33:37 AM PST by Freeport
Edited on 11/17/2007 1:47:14 PM PST by Jim Robinson.
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The only privately owned Sea Harrier vertical/short take-off and landing fighter suffered a gear collapse when making an emergency landing at the US Navy's Patuxent River test centre after experiencing a hydraulic problem.
This video footage posted by Nalls Aviation, the US owner of the ex-Royal Navy BAE Systems Sea Harrier F/A-2, shows the 11 November emergency vertical landing on the hover grid at Pax River in Maryland.
(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hydrolicfailure; navair; paxriver; seaharrier
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To: TalonDJ
since been told...after the fact
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:04:30 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Private jets are not allowed to have ejection seats. If you're correct it appears that no one told the owner of this jet. In the article, he's quoted as saying, "It was the most violent 4ft fall I have ever had," he says. "By the grace of God the ejection seat didn't fire."
To: Freeport
There are Harriers for sale, and I was not informed?
43
posted on
11/15/2007 3:29:00 PM PST
by
gridlock
(Recycling is the new Religion.)
To: geopyg
What’s the carbon footprint of a Harrier Take-Off/Landing?
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:29:47 PM PST
by
gridlock
(Recycling is the new Religion.)
To: Doogle
Just noticed your tag line.
I was TDY to Ubon (with Blind Bat) from Okinawa twice in 69 and 70 and returned for a full year tour with the 8th during 71-72.
B/R
To: Freeport
Still, it beats sliding down the runway.
46
posted on
11/15/2007 3:56:24 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Professional Engineer
47
posted on
11/15/2007 4:05:45 PM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: USAF Ret. 91
48
posted on
11/15/2007 4:49:04 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Freeport
Try that with a conventional aircraft. More than ouch.
49
posted on
11/15/2007 4:57:17 PM PST
by
Kevmo
(We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Yeah, you’re right. I wasn’t thinking. My husband flew Harriers, so my mind went there. Ooops again.
To: gridlock
Whats the carbon footprint of a Harrier Take-Off/Landing?depends on the landing..*grins*
51
posted on
11/15/2007 4:59:48 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: magslinger
To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; Bean Counter; investigateworld; ...
SONOBUOY PING!
Click on pic for past Navair pings.
Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.
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posted on
11/16/2007 4:40:27 AM PST
by
magslinger
(cranky right-winger)
To: IncPen; BartMan1
To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Private jets are not allowed to have ejection seats. Apparently, the rockets and such in them makes them illegal to possess, so you ride it in. That much I know.You are quite mistaken. The Collings Foundation F-4D is only one example of a privately owned jet equipped with ejection seats.
To: A.A. Cunningham
I stand corrected.
I was told by a jet jockey that when I was admiring his jet, and asked him about punching out. He told me that ejection seats were “not allowed”. I was mislead, and subsequently mislead you.
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posted on
11/16/2007 5:33:08 AM PST
by
Mr. Quarterpanel
(I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Is’nt the SeaHarrier a Brit aircraft?
To: ArrogantBustard; All
Michael Dorn [aka Worf from the Star Trek Series] owns an old F 86 “Saber” He stated in an interview that he got the flying “bug” while doing the TV series. He is also rated to fly supersonic over the ocean.So if you have the bucks you can just about purchase anything....
58
posted on
11/17/2007 7:53:06 AM PST
by
TMSuchman
(American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
To: Freeport; All
That also should give the crash crew guys there something to do. They don’t call the AV8 [Harrier] series the North Carolina lawn dart for nothing..
59
posted on
11/17/2007 7:55:32 AM PST
by
TMSuchman
(American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
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