RAF Harrier Crash
06-05-2010 | 06:29 PM
#21
Smells like teen spirit
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From: Mil and Civ
I know - I only gave you sh*t because it's you. Have you started flying yet?
06-08-2010 | 06:37 AM
#23
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From: A-300/310 FO
I flew Harriers with the RAF for 3 years and this doesn't look like any kind of "normal" V/STOL approach...gear's down, ordnance and tanks still onboard, you can hear the motor winding up near the end (the "oh s#!* " moment). Almost looks like a CL(conventional landing) with too steep an approach angle. We only did them as an "emergency" type approach (i.e. flap problem, hyd problem) but they required a shallow approach and a fast landing, as I recall. An uncomfortable landing because of the speed and how squirrelly the airplane felt rolling down the runway on those 4 gear at high speed...An RVL (rolling vertical landing) was much slower and steeper, allowing landing on a short strip rather than a pad. This video looks too fast for that. Glad he got out...I think I woulda been gone long before that...
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