The last British VSTOL aircraft | Harrier Jump Jet GR9 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Standing beside IWM’s Harrier GR9, the second generation and last of the Harrier jump jets, Fighter Pilot Paul Tremelling tells us about the history of the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier, the world’s first fixed-wing vertical or short take-off and landing strike aircraft (VSTOL). Paul joined the Royal Navy in 1996 and flew the Sea Harrier on 800, 801 and 899 Naval Air Squadrons. Qualifying as an Air Warfare Instructor, he transitioned

The IMPOSSIBLE Jet: How the P.1127 Stood STILL [Aviation history] This restored and colorized short film features rare historical footage of the Hawker Siddeley P.1127, the revolutionary prototype that gave birth to the legendary Harrier "Jump Jet." This documentary explores the story of its groundbreaking Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine and the engineering genius of Sir Stanley Hooker, who turned an impossible concept into a Cold War reality. #VTOL #avgeeks #ColdWar #StanleyHooker #RollsRoyce #Aviat