So he flew his new toy Harrier once, it broke and now it sits. Off he goes like a butterfly on a flower to another toy...
Damn it must be nice to have that kind of $$$.
Makes my boss's 200K porche look like a yugo.

So he flew his new toy Harrier once, it broke and now it sits. Off he goes like a butterfly on a flower to another toy...
Damn it must be nice to have that kind of $$$.
If you can ever find a reason to go into Driggs, ID, just at the base of the Grand Tetons and balls deep in mormon country, right next to Augie Busch's hangar another former Naval Aviator keeps an INCREDIBLY sweet collection of all flying birds. One is a mint condition Buckeye that he go out of mothballs and refurbed since he took it to the boat like 40 years ago! Has a pretty nice one of a kind 1953 Grumman Albatross that he still flies as well, amongst other things. Check it out, and then go skiing in Jackson Hole.I really envy those who can afford their own military aircraft.
More of a rocket ship than a helo?Just how much of a rocket ship can it be?
Although it has a single engine and outrigger gear like the U-2, I'm a-thinkin' it won't glide near as well.
It probably glides better than other aircraft that can hover...It glides like a big gray brick.
It glides like a big gray brick. There isn't even a power off landing option because a 'high-key' would be at about 18000 feet over the field in order to execute a turn to final and still maintain enough air down the intakes to turn the turbine and supply hydraulic power to the fight controls.
I'm not scared of nuthin', but I'd be scared of that.
One day on duty at 203, I looked through that AV-8A NATOPS they had in the display case. It actually showed a PEL pattern for the jet. If memory serves, High Key was at 20k while Low Key was at 10k. No idea if it was ever actually tested. Somehow I think that even if that gave you enough speed to turn the hyd pumps, you'd lose them on final slowing to tire speed.
If it came to that, the taxpayers can have it back.
Bottom line is that a flameout landing in the Harrier is a Big City Move to say the least, and you'd be much better off to shell out.
Pussy!
I have to ask, other than test pilots, has anyone ever landed no engine in a Harrier?