One of the few (if not the only) video showing a Harrier Jump Jet (nose) gear up landing on USS Bataan. Here's something you don't see every day. On Jun. 7, 2014, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William ...

Say you’re a pilot for a minute. You’re in the middle of a deployment, and flying AV-8B Harrier jump jets over water when something scary happens: Your front landing gear refuses to work.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney had just taken off from the USS Bataan in his AV-8B Harrier jet when he discover something alarming: The front landing gear had malfunctioned.

Rare video of Marines AV-8B Harrier no nose gear vertical landing on amphibious assault ship Join a Marines “Jump Jet” on a flight over the Mediterranean sea off USS Kearsarge ...

A Harrier pilot who discovered the nose gear of his plane had jammed was forced to find another way of touching down – so he landed on a stool. US Marine Corps captain William Mahoney said he ...

In May 1969, a daring race between iconic skyscrapers marked a new chapter in aviation. At the heart of it was Britain’s Harrier Jump Jet, an aircraft that defied traditional take-off and landing ...

The Harrier Jump Jet is known for vertical take-offs and landings. ... Everything from instructions on fixing the landing gear, to gas-turbine jet-engine starters, and wiring diagrams.

The Harrier Jump Jet made its first flight on this day in history, August 31, 1966. The warplane is known for its ability to take off vertically and hover like a helicopter.

Art Nalls, a former Marine test pilot, enlisted a gang of volunteer wrenchers to breath new life into a 31-year-old decommissioned Sea Harrier jump jet—and it gladly returned the favor.

For nearly four decades, the AV-8B Harrier II was the only short takeoff, vertical landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft in the U.S. military's inventory. What that means is that this unique aircraft can ...