AirVenture 2007 -Part 3 ( Harrier)

[Roughrider]

I love this plane, they put on a great show, I hope you like them. Mark

[Jared]

thanks for sharing

[Willit Run]

Great shots, Mark!!

Number one is my favorite with the heathaze!!

Cory

[CTA0022]

nice job as always

btw send them to airliners.net and i betcha those will make it...did you get any of the crashed p51?

[ozzy72]

Tis strange for me to see them in US markings rather than British ones

[expat]

In a previous life I worked on them for nearly ten years. I had a high power run up qualification for engine checks. From the first day to the last run up I made, I always got a kick out of post engine run up tests. Aircraft on the tie-down pan, engine at 108% nozzles aft, aircraft bouncing and vibrating around and tearing at the chains and then in one smooth movement move the nozzle lever to the hover stop. In a split second you became a hovercraft and it was smoother than a Kashmir cod piece.  8-) 8-)

Matt

PS great pictures too.
PPS Got to Fly in a Harrier T10 as a leaving present.................Better than..........

[Omag 2.0]

Gotta love that first shot! Simply amazing!  8-)

[JSpahn]

Yeah number 1 is  :o [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[expat]

Gotta love that first shot! Simply amazing!  8-)

Even with all that heat, efflux and outside, you still cannot see the fan through the intake due to condensation  :o

Matt

[beaky]

Looking very good so far, Mark- what a great vantage point you guys had!!

(in the VIP tent)

[Roughrider]

nice job as always

btw send them to airliners.net and i betcha those will make it...did you get any of the crashed p51?

I didn't get any of the crash, I could barely see it from where I was at. I have alot of those aircraft before they took off, the P-51-A was a very rare aircraft you don't see them very often, and it was the only one there, (I think). I will post some of it, it was a beautiful aircraft, and again my prayers go out to the Pilot and family.

[BigTruck]

Marine Corps!!  Our tanks can swim and our jets take off vertically!!  ;D  

Beautiful pictures, I love that bird, number one as everyone else has said, is terrific!!

[spitfire boy]

[quote]Marine Corps!!

[ozzy72]

Oddly enough if memory serves it was a USMC pilot who was allowed to try the prototype Harrier many years ago and then spent something like 2 years convincing his bosses that they NEEDED this aircraft. Just goes to show not all bootnecks are daft (my cousin being another exception inspite of being a typically drunk member of the Royal Marines for some years)

[spitfire boy]

Oddly enough if memory serves it was a USMC pilot who was allowed to try the prototype Harrier many years ago and then spent something like 2 years convincing his bosses that they NEEDED this aircraft.

Good for that pilot.

Now if only he'd do the same to British Airways about the A380...