Aircraft Photo of XV277 | Hawker Siddeley P-1127 Harrier | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #525705
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XV277
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Siddeley P-1127 (Kestrel/Harrier)
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Siddeley P-1127 (Kestrel/Harrier)
Aircraft Version:Hawker Siddeley P-1127 Harrier
C/n (msn):[ XV277 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:East FortuneMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
Collection:National Museum of Flight
 
Photo Date:12 November 2022
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 525705
Photo Comment

Retained by Hawker Siddeley as a developmental test aircraft and also used by Rolls-Royce for evaluation at Filton, this is the oldest actual Harrier existing (ie not counting its predecessors, the P.1127 and Kestrel). By the late 1980s it had a GR.3 nose fitted and was transferred to the Royal Navy as a ground handling trainer, hence the tail marks it still carries.

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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