December 11, 20223 yr I was stationed at Cherry Point for over 2 years and got to see the Harriers fly all of the time. They were super loud when they hovered.
December 11, 20223 yr Great shots, Todd. I never encountered the Harrier, but the F104G and that beast was noisy like hell too 😉 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 11, 20223 yr Fine shots from the Harrier ! cheers 😉 Edited December 11, 20223 yr by pmplayer 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
December 12, 20223 yr Nice ones Todd! I still remember my own personal airshow at Mt. Home AFB in the 80's when some Harriers came in for a landing. I was the only person on the entire flight line and when they saw me they stopped in mid flight and rotated 360 degrees right above my head and then wagged their wings and landed. I was in absolute awe. Jack Sawyer
December 12, 20223 yr Author 21 minutes ago, Jack_Sawyer said: Nice ones Todd! I still remember my own personal airshow at Mt. Home AFB in the 80's when some Harriers came in for a landing. I was the only person on the entire flight line and when they saw me they stopped in mid flight and rotated 360 degrees right above my head and then wagged their wings and landed. I was in absolute awe. Wow what a great experience!
December 12, 20223 yr On 12/11/2022 at 2:53 AM, Todd2 said: They were super loud when they hovered. Have you already had the pleasure to hear an F-35B hovering? 🙂 Here's another Harrier story: When I was young, about 8 years old, we were on a campsite next to Keiheuvel airfield (EBKH) every year. Also every year EBKH had big airshows with, amongst the many planes... Harriers! While EBKH only has a gras strip, they did land on the field. So, one day, the arrival day, the Harriers came in and I was so enthusiastic about it, that I ran towards them until I realized they aimed to land exactly where I stood. There I was, 8 years old, with Harriers hovering about 100 feet above my head. Boy, did I ran! This was in the 70's. Such unsafe actions are not possible anymore these days. See here for a Harrier landing on EHBK. Man, do I wish I had a good digital camera back then: https://www.airliners.net/photo/UK-Air-Force/Hawker-Siddeley-Harrier-GR3/1006658
December 12, 20223 yr Author Never saw the F35 yet. When I was at CAX in 29 Palms Ca a F-18 hit a bird in the exercise and knocked most of one of the rear tails stabilizers off. They said the pilot was really shaken up and had to be sent to the hospital. I saw the plane after it landed.
December 12, 20223 yr Great shots and stories folks! Latest video at The Flight Level Flight Over Frozen Lake Erie - Between Ice and Clouds - Ultimate Solitude - The Perfect Memory
December 14, 20223 yr Nice pictures, Todd...and interesting tidbits of reminiscence...here...! I do recall lots of fun practicing VTOL (and Hovering) with JF's Harrier Jump Jet...in my virtual world ....
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.