#Hawker Harrier

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Inktober 21 da glass plane (handle with care)

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Harrier Jump Jet. The History Of Vertical Take-Off And Landing (VTOL).

VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/6Wsw59TVeJc

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What an airshow!

Edit: Once, We Ruled the Skies by Paul Couper

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Conflict in the Balkans - by Ronald Wong

@ron_eisele via X

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1974 ad for the Hawker Siddeley Harrier model kit from Matchbox. 1:72nd scale.

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Hawker Harrier GR1

Just before the Covid pandemic hit, I picked up a whole bunch of model kits in a charity shop. I knackered a Spitfire and a Mustang, but made a half decent job of a Hurricane. So I went ahead and order my favourite plane as a kid. Time, patience, care, thought.

You know what, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. And I enjoyed doing it for the same reason I enjoyed making kits as a kid. Focusing the attention down to small details takes concentration, and that shuts down the mental noise that usually plagues my brain. Like meditation, but with a Harrier at the end of it.

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traditional commission for a friend back in 2018 during our last year in the aircraft maintenance program ✨

“Turbine aircraft in space” he said. Took me a little under a month to complete, but it was so worth the challenge. Right towards our last few days of school, he brought in the piece all framed up and official looking. 😊He paid me in several bags of weed and a fatass pack of quality gel pens which was super awesome. Top ten favorite memories of college by far❤️

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Harriers en route covertly during the Falkland Inslands conflict

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Ten of my favourite photos I took in October 2024 and month summary

The photos are of; fly agaric at Matley Wood in the New Forest, shaggy scalycaps at Lakeside Country Park, Kingfisher at Blashford Lakes, Speckled Wood, Migrant Hawker, Mottled shieldbugs and view at Lakeside, autumn leaves in Winchester and Michaelmas daisies and New Forest Pony at Lymington.

October was a fantastic month of fungi for me. In the peak season I treasured seeing many spectacular, gorgeous and fascinating species including fly agaric, devil's fingers, amethyst deceiver, yellow stagshorn, shaggy scalycap, candlesnuff fungi, bleeding fairy helmet, eyelash fungi, parasol, turkey tail, earthballs, panthercap, false death cap, sulphur tuft and waxcaps. It has also been nice to see slime mould including red raspberry slime mould at a few places and lichen and moss.

I had a brilliant birdwatching month too with some special species seen heading well into autumn. Key species seen were a fair few Kingfishers, Water Rail, Great White Egret, Greenshank, Avocet, Lapwing, Jack Snipe, Sanderling, Common Gull, Pochard, Gadwall, Pintail, Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Goosander, Brent Geese, Egyptian Geese, Little Grebe, Marsh Harriers, Siskin, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, lots of Jays seen in their active time of year, notable Ravens at Lakeside and home, Dunnock, Blackcap at Lakeside, Cetti's Warbler, Wren and Long-tailed Tit. Turnstones and Ringed Plover seen well, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coots and Greylag Geese at Lakeside, Jackdaw and Magpie seen a lot, Red Kite in Winchester, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail seen well and Pied Wagtail were also great to see. Glorious scenes came this month with the return of the Redwings a key bird of the autumn and winter, I was elated to see a Hen Harrier and I was thrilled to see the Winchester Peregrines and Lakeside Great Crested Grebes including their chicks a lot.

There were some nice butterflies to see still with lots of Speckled Woods especially at Lakeside, Red Admiral and Peacock and I was amazed to see a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in Winchester as well as other moths. Dragonflies and damselflies continued to shine this month with so many splendid views of Migrant Hawkers and Southern Hawker and Common Darters too. My first Willow Emerald Damselfly of the year was special to see at Fishlake Meadows. Other insects I enjoyed seeing this month were Mottled shieldbugs and other shieldbugs, wasps and hornets. It was good to see lots of spiders this month too including Long-bodied Cellar spider at home and snails and slugs. In terms of mammals I enjoyed seeing the also active Grey Squirrels a few times, Roe and Fallow Deers and New Forest Ponies.

Key flowers seen this month included Michaelmas daisies, forget-me-not, comfrey, lots of oxtongue, dandelion, tormentil, bell heather, common mallow, white deadnettle, stinging nettle, daisy, water mint, vervain, viper's-bugloss, horseweed, common and ivy-leaved toadflax, hogweed, yarrow, hedge woundwort, ragwort, gorse, dock, herb-Robert and wood avens which brought some wonderful colour as it quietened down for flowers. Wild carrot, teasel, hemp agrimony and spear thistle were among pretty seed heads enjoyed this month with cleavers enjoyed too. There was also a great display of berries this month again with rose hips, hawthorn berries, guelder rose berries, dogwood berries, nightshade berries and snowberries creating vibrant scenes.

And of course this month the splendour of autumn's colour was captivating and wholesome to observe. I also enjoyed taking in many great other vistas this month including coast, reedbed and general wetland, rivers and New Forest heaths and woodland. There were some special sky scenes observed this month too. Have a great November all.

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Harrier

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Aerial view of Tiger-class light cruiser HMS Blake (C99) with a Hawker Siddeley Harrier overhead

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[Wings of Fire] H-K Dragon Character Headcanons

I'm back! And to celebrate, here is a longer (maybe) post of some character headcanons. Some of these letters have very few characters so I just decided to put them together and make a maybe longer post.

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Hailstorm - ever since he returned to the Ice Kingdom, he started to get somewhat better, but he still doesn't feel like a full IceWing. He wants to help his tribe, but he also doesn’t know how to act like himself. Snowfall related to him ever since she experienced her visions, so she decided to make him a part of her new council as an ambassador in Possibility, so Hailstorm returned to the city where he made amends with Eagle. The two started dating after that.

Handsome - Handsome is Grandeur's brother. The two meet up and gossip often. Most dragons think that they are dating because they are so old that barely anyone remembers that they are siblings. After Grandeur and Tapir ended their relationship, Tapir and Handsome started dating, which the two siblings often bicker about.

Harrier - Harrier is the mother of Peregrine and Garnet. They lived in the SkyWing palace during the war, but her dragonets were too young to be sent out as soldiers, so she didn't have to leave like Avalanche did. Once JMA academy opened, she sent her sons there so that she could become one of Ruby's most active guards.

Hawk - after Chameleon's masks became their own dragons, Cirrus was sent to the Sky Kingdom to be the IceWing ambassador there. The two became friends and later lovers.

Hawker - Hawker is the older brother of Bombardier, but ever since Hawker was assigned to be a guard, he didn't get to see his family often, so the two were reunited after years when Hawker came to the LeafSilk Kingdom. In the LeafSilk Kingdom, Hawker continued to work as a guard, but now happily protects the borders from other HiveWings.

Hawthorn - Hawthorn was the brother of Sequoia, so although she banished him away in the jungle, she still missed him dearly. Back before the Tree Wars, Hawthorn was dating Fritillary and after he was sent away, he would make wood carvings of his old flamesilk lover.

Hazel - after returning to the LeafSilk Kingdom, Hazel stepped down as queen so Sequoia could continue to rule. Hazel is set to be the next queen, but first will go through training. While she is not the queen, she is given the position of tribe leader, a role given to several trusted LeafWings who help Sequoia to maintain order and feedback throughout the whole kingdom. Hazel also spends her time making and writing books, starting up and managing the library in the new Treetop Palace.

Heliconia - Heliconia is the older sister of Kinkajou. She and Liana start dating. Heliconia is one of the members of Queen Glory’s council for the RainWing tribe, serving as the head of military.

Heliconian - Heliconian is the grandmother of Atala. Atala is not a flamesilk, but she has the gene, however, it is unlikely that her descendants to be flamesilks.

Hemlock - after the formation of the LeafSilk Kingdom, Hemlock was given a high rank in the LeafWing military. He and Belladonna are separated at this point, but they remain friends and work together to deal with the nasty HiveWings who are opposed to the LeafSilk Kingdom.

Herring - Herring is the father of both Snails, previously being arranged to marry Kelp. The two eventually divorce and Herring starts dating Shark, but he still helps as the father of his dragonets while they are growing up.

Hope - after living in the NightWing village for a while with Peacemaker, Hope eventually joined a relationship with Secretkeeper and Avalanche. Since Secretkeeper and Avalanche both have children who are away, they spend time with Peacemaker. Hope struggles with insomnia, night terrors, and anxiety.

Horizon - Horizon lived in Blaze's fortress with his brothers Ocotillo and Torch, and his nephew, Pronghorn. When he was captured, he became depressed and shortly after he was put in the SkyWing arena, he stopped talking and refused to speak.

Hornet - Hornet was the smartest of the HiveWing ladies when it came to math. She was never interested in being queen and preferred to run her own businesses rather than the tribe. Throughout the tribes, Hornet established a monopoly within several areas of business, making her one of the richest HiveWings in all of the tribe. She was devastated when she lost all of it following her imprisonment.

Humpback - before he married Lagoon, Humpback was a studious scholar in the Kingdom of the Sea. He was from a noble family and made his way into the Deep Palace library where he studied. Lagoon's mother arranged their marriage.

Hvitur - before he left the Ice Kingdom, Hvitur had a forbidden romance with Narwhal, him only being a commoner IceWing, while Narwhal was a prince. This was before Narwhal married Tundra, but it was still very forbidden. When this romance was discovered, Hvitur had to flee the kingdom, which is how he ended up with the Talons of Peace, and Glacier was unaware of this as it was her mother who kicked him out. He is the father of Changbai.

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Icicle - for a very short period of time at JMA, Icicle and Carnelian met in private and got to know each other. Icicle developed a crush on the SkyWing, but tried to push it away because of her pride and her mission. When Carnelian was killed during the explosion, Icicle was more upset than she presented outwardly, and it made her want to get revenge on Sora even more. During her trial, she was sentenced to be imprisoned, but will likely have the chance to get out with her ability to challenge for the throne revoked.

Igloo - Igloo is the head chef of the IceWing palace. He and his dragonets, siblings Ivory and Polar Bear, live there. Before her death, Igloo was close friends with Glacier, having met during school as dragonets.

Inchworm - Inchworm moved to the LeafSilk Kingdom with his daughter Glowworm. There, he got a job as a fisherman and he and his daughter live near the bay.

Indigo - while living off the coast of the Rainforest Kingdom, Indigo would often go meet RainWings and taught them several things about the SeaWings. In the southern regions of the rainforest, there are still some smaller RainWing villages that remember what Indigo taught them and have scrolls that document their relationship with the SeaWing.

Io - after settling in the LeafSilk Kingdom and joining the SilkWing Assembly, Io started dating both Cinnabar and Tau. The three live together and are a pretty chill trio.

Ivory - Ivory is an adult, but still relatively young, not being much older than Snowfall. She is the youngest IceWing to rise to the rank of lieutenant general due to her being one of the few dragons Snowfall trusts, but also for very good leadership and dedication.

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Jacaranda - one of the reasons why Jacaranda turned toward peace is because she had a lover who was a pacifist. She never told Python about this because she knew that its great aunt would be furious. Despite their bitterness toward each other, Python and Jacaranda sometimes did get along and Jacaranda let Python lead the military for a short while. Jacaranda's dragonets became the lineage for the RainWing royal family, going all the way down to Queen Grandeur.

Jambu - when Glory established the RainWing council, she had Jambu be in charge of the tree gliding subset of dragonet care. His job was to make sure that all tree gliders were properly trained and had areas to teach. Jambu enjoys this job.

Jasper - Jasper is the father of Cliff, but Ruby kept this a secret from the tribe, afraid that it could be used to harm Jasper because of her mother. Jasper also has another dragonet from a previous marriage, Cardinal. He and Ruby never become partners, but it is revealed that Cardinal and Cliff are halfbrothers and the two get along like brothers.

Jerboa - Jerboa came from a commoner family. After her animus magic was discovered, Queen Scorpion's mother ordered her to the palace where she was raised alongside Scorpion. The two were once friends as dragonets, but Scorpion's mother taught her daughter that Jerboa was a tool to be used. When Scorpion was queen, the two had a small bit of a relationship, but Scorpion grew too ambitious and controlling, causing Jerboa to flee the court.

Jerboa II - what went wrong with Jerboa II was that they discovered that Jerboa had created them from magic which caused them to become angry with Jerboa. They eventually tried to flee from Jerboa, but when Jerboa found that Jerboa II had disappeared, they decided to erase them from existence rather than try to start over again.

Jerboa III - after eradicating animus magic, Snowfall made Jerboa III a SandWing delegate of her council. Although Boa can't travel to the Ice Kingdom, she and Snowfall communicate with each other with an old animus enchanted scroll that Jerboa made which allows dragons to write messages to each other that will show up, similar to Turtle's slates.

Jewel (THQ) - Jewel has three dragons, two sons and one daughter. After Jewel became queen, she had the three of them spread out between the Hives to help her rule the entire kingdom. Scarab is also in charge of one of the Hives. She is dating Rootworm.

Jewel (TLC) - Jewel would grow up to be one of the most beautiful BeetleWings in the tribe. She loves animals and would spend lots of time taking care of the wildlife on Pantala.

Jewel-eyes - after Foreseer takes the throne from Vigilance, Jewel-eyes is made Foreseer’s seer.

Juniper - Juniper is a fictional character, not inspired by any real dragon. They are nonbinary and Rowan and Juniper is a nonbinary t4t love story.

Ks

Katydid - Katydid and Malachite dated as a disguise, both of them loving other dragons. After moving to the LeafSilk Kingdom, Katydid started dating Sandfly.

Kelp - Kelp is the mother of both Snails, giving them the same name. She is also the sister of Tortoise.

Kestrel - Kestrel used to be one of Scarlet's top soldiers, acting as a detective almost. Scarlet liked Kestrel's ability to be stone-cold and the two developed a relationship. Scarlet wanted Kestrel to have eggs so that her dragonets could replace Tourmaline, but when Kestrel discovered that her dragonets were flamesilk twins, she became afraid that Scarlet would kill them, so she ran away. Scarlet, upset by this, chases after her and feels jealous of the dragonets that Kestrel chose them over her, so she orders her to kill them.

Kindle - Kindle and Six-Claws eventually separate, but they both still care for Ostrich. Kindle becomes a head medic in the SandWing Stronghold after Thorn becomes queen.

Kinkajou - after graduating from JMA, Kinkajou becomes a delegate of the RainWing tribe and resides in the new Night Kingdom after Firefly becomes queen. She works closely with dragonets, helping to teach them. At this point, she and Moon are living together and dating.

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Did you know there were proposed fighter jets conceptualised by Hawker that looked like this?!

They were designed in the 1980's! And were developed from the Harrier jumpjet, they really liked their VTOL huh?

I've been downloading information about these old BAe designs all morning! Every time I think about how amazing these planes look, I get a little sad knowing they are born of war :( there is a guilt that eats at my circuits when I get interested in war planes, but they're always so beautiful!

I think, Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion put it best:

"Fighter planes and battleships have a simple, unadorned beauty I'm drawn to. But I don't want to see them in action, killing people."

It relieves me to know I was never truly considered for these types of things... Hey, if Concrodes were used for wars, do you think they'd rename us to "Discorde"? :P

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STOVL Fighters Collection DOWNLOAD

At the end of 1950s, the engineers had just an idea of delivering the aircraft even without a runway. Then in the beginning of 1960s, some tests conducted to test the capability of STOVL (Short Take-Off Vertical Landing) or in other word, a possibility of vertical movement of the fixed-wing aircraft, began with the "Flying bunk" in1959. Then the Hawker Siddeley Limited in Britain proposed a concept named "P1127 Kestrel" as a prototype of the VTOL fighter. Then this concept acepted and in 1969, the production of Harrier GR1 had begun. This aircraft was intended to be in use for Royal Air Force, but the Royal Navy also got their own version of FRS1 years later. These Harriers sought it's first battle experience in Falklands War in 1982 when these Harriers brought down some of the Argentine's air capability without any losses. The last of the Harrier production was in GR9 variant which subsequently substituted by the latest F-35B by the Royal Air Force.

McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

The USMC was also seeking the aircraft that suits for the amphibious mission. After the success of the Harrier FRS1 and GR3 variants in the Falklands War, in 1985 the USMC proposed an inquiry to acquire some of these aircrafts, with also stated that these aircrafts should be manufactured in the United States. Then BAe Industries licensed the Harrier to the McDonnell-Douglas company . Also this aircraft met the service within the Royal Spanish Navy in 1987. Several missions has been done by AV-8Bs including Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Libyan Crisis.

Lockheed Martin F-35B

The STOVL variant of F-35 Thunderbolt which it's STOVL technology derived from Yak-141 VTOL system, which sold to the Lockheed Martin in 1992, which emphasizes the vector exhaust and a fan in the middle of the aircraft. Also the most wanted aircraft in action of this century. The F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the aircraft. Similar in size to the A variant, the B sacrifices about a third of the A variant's fuel volume to accommodate the SDLF. This variant is limited to 7 g. Unlike other variants, the F-35B has no landing hook. The "STOVL/HOOK" control instead engages conversion between normal and vertical flight.The F-35B is capable of Mach 1.6 (1,976 km/h) and can perform vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL)

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SR71_v_c_o_AKP (orig. M.O.D. (P.E.) R.A.F. Farnborough photo, neg. no. B2460-15, 2-9-74) by Mike Acs Via Flickr: “On September 1, 1974 Major James V. Sullivan, 37 (pilot) and Major Noel F. Widdifield, 33 (Reconnaissance Systems Officer), flashed across the starting line (radar gates in New York) at approximately 80,000 feet and speed in excess of 2,000 miles per hour. Exactly 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds later, they had set a new world speed record from New York to London, England. The average speed was 1,807 statute mph over the 3,461 statute mile course, slowing to refuel one time from a specially modified KC-135 refueling tanker. The aircraft was placed on static display at the Farnborough Air Show for one week. It marked the first time the secret plane had been on public display outside of the United States. Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, the aircraft’s designer, was on hand for the event. He remarked, "It (the SR-71) has exceeded all my expectations." The above is much better than anything I could’ve come up with. At: sr71.com/srspee~1.htm See also: sr71.com/image2~1.htm Both above credit: "SR-71 Blackbirds" website New York to London: - 1 hour - 54 minutes - 56.4 seconds Excellent, with additional wonderful photos: www.key.aero/article/mach-3-men One of those wonderful photos. From a different viewpoint, and a moment before my posted photo. Fantastic: fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/impor... Credit: "KEY.AERO" website Mind boggling. A striking photograph of probably the most brutally stunning, drop-dead gorgeous operational aircraft - EVER. Doesn’t that look like a Harrier - on the tarmac? - in the background to the right? Maybe the other aircraft that are also visible? So, if the above is correct, then the aircraft basically had a ‘running start’. Then was the ‘finish line’ analogous, thus ‘running’ through such radar gates IVO Farnborough? London Heathrow? The aircraft resides at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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The Harrier SkyHook crane concept from Eagle No. 47, dated 12 February 1983. I don't think this caught on (no pun intended).