Goodbye Harrier
I went to a family dinner with my Mum last night and met some distant second cousins twice removed or something (we couldn’t actually work out the relationship fully). Anyway one of them was a Harrier pilot in the RAF. Amazing talking to him about the aircraft and also the three tours of Afghanistan he’s completed with the aircraft. Seems like it’s completely nuts to be getting rid of them.
I remember going to airshows as a kid seeing them and was always super impressed with them, that and the tornado. I also remember reading all about them in my Grandad’s RAF books as well as seeing all the previous prototypes before they nailed it with the Harrier. A really truly special piece of engineering indeed.
