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British Aerospace Sea Harrier
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The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL-STOVL jet fighter reconnaissance and attack aircraft a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the Shar. Unusual in an era in which most naval and land-based air superiority fighters were large and supersonic the principal role of the subsonic Sea Harrier was air defence from Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval VTOL/STOVL jet
fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of
1
In the 1970s the British Aerospace Sea Harrier was developed from the
Harrier for use by the Royal Navy (RN) on Invincible-class aircraft
carriers.2
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval V/STOL jet fighter,
reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker
Siddeley Harrier.3
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a navalNavyA navy is the branch
of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and
amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations 4
Made by British AerospaceHawker Siddeley.
It is the successor of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier .
the British Aerospace Sea Harrier which is a naval fighter aircraft.5
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier, nicknamed the “Shar”, was the naval
version of the jet, used for air defence, reconnaisance and attack
duties.6
to manage the development of the British Aerospace Sea Harrier Combat
aircraft for the American Navy. He worked with MacDonald Douglas in
Los Angeles initially and then moved the project to St Louis.7
More Users
Indian Navy
Height Main
370.84
Align
right
Height Alt
3.71 m
Predecessor
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Quote
I counted them all out
and I counted them all back.
Engine(jet)
Rolls-Royce Pegasus
Length Alt
14.2 m
Ferry Range Alt
120000.0
Thrust Main
21500
Jet Or Prop
jet
Lists
* List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm* List of attack aircraft* List of fighter aircraft
Combat Radius Main
540.0
Max Speed Alt
44100.0
Introduced
2
20
Max Speed Main
635
See Also
* Harrier Jump Jet
an overview of the Harrier family* Harrier Jump Jet family losses
Developed From
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Missiles
***AIM-9 Sidewinder***AIM-120 AMRAAM***R550 Magic **Air-to-surface missile
Bombs
**reconnaissance pods or**2× auxiliary drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range-loitering time
Rockets
4080.0
Status
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
11900.0
Ceiling Main
51000.0
Crew
1
Type of jet
Combat Radius Alt
37200.0
Max Takeoff Weight Main
26200.0
Retired
March 2006
Unit Cost
18000000
Thrust Alt
95.64
Span Main
769.62
Area Main
201.1
Primary user
Span Alt
7.6 m
Plane Or Copter?
Avionics
* Blue Vixen radar
Salign
center
right
Bgcolor
FFFFF0
Manufacturer
Source
Brian Hanrahan
BBC reporter
on board HMS Hermes following the first Harrier mission during the 1982 Falklands War
Number Of Jets
1
Origin
United Kingdom
National Origin
United Kingdom
Climb Rate Main
50000.0
Quoted
true
Width
37
Guns
1800.0
Climb Rate Alt
250 m-s
Length Main
1417.32
Area Alt
18.68 m²
Similar Aircraft
* Boeing X-32* Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II* Yakovlev Yak-38
Related
* Hawker Siddeley Harrier* AV-8B Harrier II* BAE Harrier II
Empty Weight Main
14052.0
Ceiling Alt
16
000 m
Ferry Range Main
1740.0
Empty Weight Alt
6374.0
Category