AVI-8 has revealed a new military-inspired watch, called the Hawker Harrier Pegasus Automatic. Designed to resemble the turbines of the Harrier jump jet's Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine, the watch is ...

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 ...

A high-speed jet that can land horizontally and vertically is calling it a career and will be on display at an aviation museum in Mesa. The aircraft, known as a Jump Jet, can take off vertically ...

In its statement on changes to VMA-231, the Marine Corps said "the squadron's transition from the legacy AV-8B Harrier II to the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is representative of 2nd ...

The Marines will rebrand a squadron as pilots switch to the F-35B Lightning II. The transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B is part of modernization. The change is part of service-wide plans to ...

Then, firstly, there were no ski-jump capable aircraft available other than the Sea Harrier, which we already had. And the Russians were just developing the MiG-29 and the Sukhoi-27.

In a bold move during the Cold War, British engineers developed a fighter jet that could take off vertically—the Harrier. Powered by the innovative Pegasus engine, the Harrier became the first ...

Demonstrating the changing abilities of jet fighters more than any is perhaps the Hawker Siddeley Harrier / AV-8A, commonly called the Harrier jump jet.

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.

Father and son engineers, Roy and Julian Millington, who run Millington Engines in Chetton, bought the Hawker Siddeley Harrier - commonly known as the 'jump-jet' a decade ago, via a dealer, from ...

Russia's sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been out of action for years for repairs. Russia's navy and its Soviet predecessor both struggled to keep their aircraft carriers operational.