...where can I buy one? 
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There was one on eBay for 60k a few weeks ago.
On the subject of harriers, did you know that the Latin name for Hobby is Falco Subbuteo? Funny play on words that. -
They'll be on ebay soon enough."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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How come all British leading edge aircraft technology ends up in a technological cul de sack and then killed off? So military VTOL and supersonic civilian passenger aircraft ended up being silly ideas then?Comment
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not an expert, but I understand that the main strength of vtol was in the dogfight. this was halved in effectiveness with the hi tech heat seeking air to air, then almost negated by the 360 heat seeking air to air. (i.e. you can fire a heat seeker at the front of an enemy from 12 miles away , then turn and go home)Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
still useful for taking off from a jungle clearing, but just not enough jungles these days
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Email Kevin Stone, the crew chief of the vulcan to the sky project ..... he will put you in touch with the right people.
Had a presentation from him a few weeks ago about XH558, apparently they are going to bid for a Harrier to keep airworthy, in much the same way as they are doing with the Vulcan.
Presumably with similar lotter funding thrown in and charitable status, it could be a good little earner.Comment
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Because the Septics are running everything and they don't like us, especially when we do something that is cleverer than them, eg Concorde.Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
To be fair, they did buy the Harrier and represent it as US technology (as I noticed when I visited the NASA museum in Washington DC).
As far as buying one goes - no doubt we're shipping the last few off to the remaining dodgy dictatorships we are mates with this week.Comment
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Isn't it more to do with vectored thrust and the ability to keep an inherently unstable piece of composite in the air by technology now?Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postnot an expert, but I understand that the main strength of vtol was in the dogfight. this was halved in effectiveness with the hi tech heat seeking air to air, then almost negated by the 360 heat seeking air to air. (i.e. you can fire a heat seeker at the front of an enemy from 12 miles away , then turn and go home)
still useful for taking off from a jungle clearing, but just not enough jungles these days
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**OFF TOPIC ALERT**Originally posted by pacharan View Post
Did you know the inventor of Subbuteo wanted to call it "HOBBY" but couldn't get the trademake so used the latin name of the Bird Of Pray called HobbyOriginally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyComment
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[QUOTE=minsky1;1302812]Email Kevin Stone, the crew chief of the vulcan to the sky project ..... he will put you in touch with the right people.
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Otherwise known as Taff when I used to work with him...
...interesting news about them buying a Harrier though.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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