Supersonic Harrier

[telecat]

Found the pictures!! Very different to the F-35.

[Eric Mc]

Not altogether unlike the Yakovlev Yak-41 which flew at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show.

[telecat]

Nose section similar but the wing and engine configuration are very different as seen in the above picture.

[Eric Mc]

What is it then?

[eccles]

i always though this was the supersonic harrier.....

www.harrier.org.uk/history/images/1154col.jpg

[Lurking Lawyer]

eccles said:

i always though this was the supersonic harrier..... www.harrier.org.uk/history/images/1154col.jpg

That looks more like the Kestrel prototype (from memory!)

[Eric Mc]

Nope, it's the Hawker P1154. If it had have been built, there would never have been any need for a Harrier.

[R988]

Come on, its virtually identical to the yak 141. I personally think VTOL aircraft are mostly useless and a waste of money these days anyway.

[flat_steve]

But they're so cool!

[Eric Mc]

Harriers still serve a very useful function - and they do provide any force with a huge degree of felxibility and options they otherwise wouldn't have.