Used by Flight Refuelling Ltd from 1977 to 1980 for drone braking tests as part of the Sea Vixen drone programme. It was named a "Ground Experimental Vehicle" and was fitted with a Harrier wing for these tests! Now with correct wing on display at the FAA Museum at Yeovilton.

Pictured at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, XP980 was the fifth of six P.1127 development aircraft and was first flown on February 24th 1963. Now residing in the Cobham Hall store at RNAS Yeovilton. In the background is Concorde prototype 002, G-BSST.

The P.1127 was originally a private venture by Hawker to prove the VTOL jet fighter concept, ultimately leading to the Harrier line. Six prototypes were built; this was the fifth

The P-1127 was an experimental aircraft built to develop the concept of VTOL and this was the fifth of the six development aircraft. The development lead to the Harrier which is still operated by many countries, though ironically no longer in the country that developed it !