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5 unusual facts about Hawker Siddeley Harrier


Independence-class aircraft carrier

Cabot got a new lease on life in 1967, when she became the Spanish Navy's carrier Dedalo, serving until 1989 (in Spanish service, she was the first carrier to regularly deploy the Harrier jump jet).

Jumpjet

The player controls a little Harrier-like jet that can gain or lose altitude without moving side-to-side.

Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu

Sara, the middle sister, is very speedy when flying her plane, or driving her limousine, or her Harrier jump jet.

RAF St Pancras

The base was opened and closed in May 1969 in order to serve the winning entry of Flt Lt Tom Lecky-Thompson and Harrier XV741 in the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race.

VMA-231

VMA-231 was reactivated on May 15, 1973, and the Marine Corps' oldest squadron became the Corps' newest, flying the Corps' newest aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier.



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