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MODEL

AIRCRAFT

EXTRA

No.5

BUILDING THE

Harrier

Compiled by Andy Evans

The Harrier

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Model Aircraft Extra #5

Building the Harrier

Compiled by Andy Evans

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Complied by: Andy Evans

Design & Layout: Andy Folds,

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Contents

First Generation

- Harrier Duo – 1:48 Monogram AV-8As

Arctic Harrier

– 1:48 Eduard Harrier GR.7/9

SHAR School

– 1:48 Kinetic Harrier T.8

So Long SHAR

– 1:48 Kinetic Harrier F/A-2

Vertical Reality

- 1:48 Kinetic Harrier F/A-2

VSTOL Raider

– 1:48 Harrier II Plus

Falklands Fighter

– 1:48 Sea Harrier FRS.1

Arctic Training

– 1:48 Kinetic Harrier T.4

Marines Mover

– 1:72 Airfix AV-8A

Hover and Out

– 1:48 Kinetic Sea Harrier F/A-2

Spanish Matador

– 1:72 Airfix AV-8S

Harrier in Helmand

– 1:72 Airfix Harrier GR.7/9

Step-by-Step SHAR

– 1:48 Airfix Sea Harrier F/A-2

The Harrier

First Generation Harriers

he iconic Hawker Siddeley Harrier was

the first of the so-called Harrier ‘Jump

Jet’ series. It was developed in the

1960s as the first operational close-

support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/

short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capabilities and the

only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that

arose in that era, and at its heart was the innovative

Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine with its thrust vectoring

nozzles. The Harrier was developed directly from

the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototype aircraft, following

the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic

aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley P.1154. Originally said

to be ‘unable to carry more than a matchbox over

a football field’ the Harrier matured into one of the

most potent warplanes of its generation. The RAF

ordered the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3, and the T.2/2A

and T.4/4A two-seat trainer variants in the late 1960s,

and it was also exported to the United States as the

AV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps as well as the

Spanish Navy in the 1970s. Spain sold seven single-

seat and two twin-seat Harriers to Thailand in 1998

for use on the aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet.

During the Harrier’s early service, the RAF positioned

the bulk its Harriers in West Germany to defend against

a potential invasion of Western Europe by the Warsaw

Pact forces, where the aircraft’s unique abilities allowed

the RAF to disperse their forces away from vulnerable

airbases. The USMC used their Harriers primarily

INTRODUCTION –

HARRIER

for close air support, operating from amphibious

assault ships, and, if needed, forward operating bases.

The Harrier’s ability to operate with minimal ground

facilities and very short runways allowed it to be used

at locations unavailable to other fixed-wing aircraft.

The Sea Harrier was developed from the Harrier for

use by the Royal Navy on Invincible-class aircraft

carriers, and came to fame in the 1982 Falklands War,

where the aircraft proved to be crucial and versatile.

During the war the Sea Harriers provided fixed-wing

air defence while the RAF Harriers focused on ground-

attack missions in support of the advancing British

land force. The Harrier was later extensively redesigned

as the AV-8B Harrier II and BAe Harrier II by the team

of McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace.

The first RAF squadron to be equipped with the

Harrier GR.1, No.1 Squadron, started to convert

to the aircraft at RAF Wittering in April 1969. An

early demonstration of the Harrier’s capabilities

was the participation of two aircraft in the Daily

Mail Transatlantic Air Race in May 1969, flying

between St Pancras railway station, London and

downtown Manhattan with the use of aerial

refuelling. Two Harrier squadrons were established

in 1970 at the RAF’s air base in Wildenrath to

be part of its air force in Germany, and another

squadron was formed there two years later.

In 1977, these three squadrons were moved forward

to the air base at Gütersloh, closer to the prospective

front line in the event of an outbreak of a European

war. However, one of these squadrons was disbanded

and its aircraft distributed between the other two.

Harriers were also deployed to bases in Norway

and Belize, a former British colony, and No.1 Squadron

was specifically earmarked for Norwegian operations

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