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	The Harrier: V/ Stol Vindicated
		The Harrier and its immediate predecessors, the P-1127 and Kestrel, have been known by no less than six names: The concept that led to the Harrier was initially assigned the Hawker project designation P- 1127, under which it flew as a prototype and concept demonstration vehicle.
		A contract was let for nine advanced P-1127 derivatives, Kestrels, in May of 1962; between the fall of 1964 and the fall of 1965, these Kestrels underwent extensive testing by a tripartite test group with members from the RAF, Royal Navy, USAF, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and the Luftwaffe.
		Carrier landing tests were conducted with the P-1127 and Kestrel at an early stage, and Royal Navy interest, sharpened by the pending decommissioning of the last two British attack carriers, led to the first Sea Harrier order in May of 1975.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1982/sep-oct/v-stol.html (1526 words)

	History3/1
		Called by Hawker Siddeley the Kestrel Development, the aircraft was soon renamed as the P.1127(RAF) to limit any claims by Germany and the US, who had helped fund the original Kestrel.
		With the cancellation of the P.1154 and the request from the MoA that Hawker Siddeley (as the company had become in 1963) submit a design study for a developed Kestrel for operational use by the RAF, the course was set for the aircraft that was to become the Harrier.
		Kestrel XS693 was modified with a Pegasus 6 and intake blow-in doors at Hawker Siddeley's Brough factory to gain flight experience with the engine.
	www.harrier.org.uk /history/history3_1.htm (948 words)

	AV-8B Harrier
		When the Harrier II was first flown in the fall of 1981, 21 years had elapsed since the original Hawker P.1127 first hovered in untethered flight.
		The Hawker design team responded with the P.1154, a configuration with twice the thrust, twice the speed, twice the weight, and twice the performance of the P.1127.
		Initial US involvement with the Harrier began in 1957 when Hawker’s revolutionary design was met with disinterest by the British government and a lack of government funding to proceed into development.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/av-8-history.htm (1182 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Beating Gravity - Hawker Siddeley P.1127
		The Hawker Siddeley P.1127 research type developed directly into the world's first operational VTOL jet fighter.
		Unreal Aircraft- Beating Gravity - Hawker Siddeley P.1127
		Some support came from the USAF and NASA; though the engine would be inadequate for their own projections for a heavy strike fighter, they foresaw the potential benefits which might accrue to the US if the promising design succeeded.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /gravity/hs_p1127.php (448 words)

	harrier.htm
		Whereas the Kestrel embodied about 50% of the structure of the P.1127, the Harrier was in many respects a new aircraft re-engineered around the more powerful Pegasus 101 engine.
		Following the success of the P.1127/Kestrel in demonstrating the viability of VTOL for a close support combat aircraft the type was ordered into production in mid 1966.
		GR Mark 7 The definitive 'new Harrier' is similar in nearly all respects to the GR Mk 5 but with night attack capability.
	www.vflintham.demon.co.uk /aircraft/harrier/harrier.htm (1370 words)

	History3/1
		Called by Hawker Siddeley the Kestrel Development, the aircraft was soon renamed as the P.1127(RAF) to limit any claims by Germany and the US, who had helped fund the original Kestrel.
		With the cancellation of the P.1154 and the request from the MoA that Hawker Siddeley (as the company had become in 1963) submit a design study for a developed Kestrel for operational use by the RAF, the course was set for the aircraft that was to become the Harrier.
		Kestrel XS693 was modified with a Pegasus 6 and intake blow-in doors at Hawker Siddeley's Brough factory to gain flight experience with the engine.
	www.harrier.org.uk /history/history3_1.htm (1370 words)

	harrier.htm
		Whereas the Kestrel embodied about 50% of the structure of the P.1127, the Harrier was in many respects a new aircraft re-engineered around the more powerful Pegasus 101 engine.
		GR Mark 1 The P.1127/7 first flew on 31 August 1966 (XV276) and the first six development batch machines went to the manufacturer and Boscombe Down for intensive trials, development and weapons work.
	www.vflintham.demon.co.uk /aircraft/harrier/harrier.htm (1370 words)

	Mechanical Engineering "100 Years of Flight" supplement, Dec. 2003 -- Flight Timeline
		21 Oct 1960 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 Kestrel VTOL flies on a tether.
		13 Mar 1961 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 Kestrel VTOL flies.
		Jul 1935 Armstrong Siddeley Development Co. and Hawker Aircraft merge to form Hawker-Siddeley Aircraft.
	www.memagazine.org /supparch/flight03/timeline/timeline.html (1370 words)

	Hawker-Siddeley Harrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kestrel had fully swept wings and a larger tail than the P.1127, and the fuselage was modified to take the larger 15,000 lb Pegasus engine.
		The Kestrel was an evaluation aircraft, and nine were produced, the first flying on March 7, 1964.
		The Harrier GR Mk.1 was the first production model taken from the Kestrel, it first flew on December 28, 1967, and entered service with the RAF on April 1, 1969.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier (1046 words)

	Hawker-Siddeley Harrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The P.1127 was renamed Kestrel after Hawker Siddeley Aviation was created.
		By the time the Harrier next saw combat, all the RAF Hawker Siddeley machines had been exchanged for the upgraded McDonnell Douglas derived Harrier II.
		The RAF version of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier also saw combat during the Falklands War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier (928 words)

	[1.0] Harrier Origins
		The Hawker people regarded the P.1127 as appropriate for combat liason duties, as well as possibly for light attack.
		Hawker was given an "Instruction to Proceed" on the construction of new aircraft for the TES on 22 May 1962, but the company asked for a delay, since their current round of testing was suggesting new features that would result in a much better aircraft.
		Of course, Hawker could place no real weight on such assurances, since in the political climate a senior RAF officer who proposed a new manned aircraft was likely to be asked to hand in his uniform, but it seemed that if the winds changed direction, support would be forthcoming.
	www.vectorsite.net /avav81.html (5460 words)

	kestrel.htm
		The Kestrel was the response to the agreement and in effect the prototype was the last P.1127 development aircraft.
		Nine Kestrels were constructed (starting XS688) and the Tripartite Evaluation Squadron was formed at West Raynham in March 1965 within the Central Fighter Establishment.
		The unit flew the Kestrel intensively for nine months during which 930 sorties covering 600 hours were flown.
	www.vflintham.demon.co.uk /aircraft/kestrel/kestrel.htm (542 words)

	Encyclopedia: VTOL
		It was developed from the Hawker P.1127 and Kestrel.
		See also Hawker Siddeley Harrier The Harrier II is a second generation, vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) light_attack jet aircraft used by the United States Marine Corps, Royal Air Force, Spanish Armada and Italian navy.
		See also BAE Sea Harrier The Hawker Siddeley Harrier and the AV-8A are the first generation of the Harrier series, a successful close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with V/STOL capabilities.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/VTOL (1527 words)

	Corgi 1:72 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.Mk1 No.233 OCU RAF Wittering 1974 (AA32409) Antics Online
		The Harrier was the world’s first practical operational V/STOL strike fighter and was developed for six years’ experience with the Hawker P.1127/Kestrel series of demonstrators.
		Harrier GR.1, XV762 joined the HCU/233 OCU in 1970 and remained with the school, being upgraded to a GR.3 variant by 1975.
		Corgi 1:72 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.Mk1 No.233 OCU RAF Wittering 1974 (AA32409)
	www.aircraftmodels.co.uk /460_1_1264269.html (174 words)

	Hawker V-6 Kestrel
		The precursor of the AV-8 Harrier, Hawker-Siddeley P.1127.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/us/V6KESTRE.html (8 words)

	[1.0] Harrier Origins
		The Hawker people regarded the P.1127 as appropriate for combat liason duties, as well as possibly light attack.
		Hawker was given an "Instruction to Proceed" on the construction of new aircraft for the TES on 22 May 1962, but the company asked for a delay, since their current round of testing was suggesting new features that would result in a much better aircraft.
		Of course, Hawker could place no real weight on such assurances, since in the political climate a senior RAF officer who proposed a new manned aircraft was likely to be asked to hand in his uniform, but it seemed that if the winds changed direction, support would be forthcoming.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avav81.html (4611 words)

	IVHS Publications
		The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is the only VTOL aircraft in the world to have passed through all stages of prototype and pre-series development to series production, and then gone on to serve successfully in the armed forces of several nations.
		This is the story is as told by the former Hawker experimental test pilot who shared intensively in the project's test and development work for its first ten years, and he bases this account on invaluable and unpublished material from his own archives.
		It was the culmination of a flight test and development programme which began with a forerunner aircraft, known simply as the P.1127.
	www.vstol.org /pubs.htm (867 words)

	FLUG REVUE Datafiles: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.1
		The Harrer GR Mk.1 was the first production model of the V/STOL family startet by the Hawker P.1127 of the early 60s.
		FLUG REVUE Datafiles: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.1
		See also the data for the British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 and the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Plus.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRtypen/FRHarGR1.htm (273 words)

	Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier - US Marine Corps - Corgi Classics - Collectiques.co.uk for Diecast, Models and Kits
		The Harrier has become famous as the world's first vertical take-off and landing strike fighter, ever since the prototype Hawker P.1127 flew in 1960.
		The United States placed an initial order for 12 Harriers under the designation AV-8A but this proved so successful that the order was increased to 110, including eight two-seaters.
		VMA-231 'Aces' was the first US Marine Corps Harrier squadron, formed on the 15th May 1973 at Cherry Point, North Carolina.
	www.collectiques.net /shop/catalogue/corgi/ava/harrierusmarine.html (270 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum - Hawker Siddeley Harrier G.R. Mk. 1
		It was derived from the P 1127 Kestrel and
		[Technical Data] [Expo/Images] - [ Hawker [* #Hawker-Siddeley-Harrier#Siddeley] *][ Fighter 1946-1974] [ Light Bombers 1946-1974]
		The Harrier is the first vtol attack plane that saw
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/itf/hharr.htm (100 words)

	The P.1154 story
		However, Hawker did not actively promote the P.1150 to potential users in case it led to all remaining interest in the P.1127 evaporating.
		Hawker Siddeley and the Ministry of Aviation continued to discuss detail points that affected the programme, the most important being the continuing lack of orders for the radar and inertial nav-attack system.
		While Hawker Siddeley questioned the degree of control that the Ministry of Aviation had over areas such as the avionics, believing they could perform these functions much better themselves, they agreed to appoint a Programme Controller to oversee the project and to adopt the PERT management system.
	www.harrier.org.uk /history/history_p1154.htm (100 words)

	Hawker Siddeley AV - 8A Harrier (USMC) Diecast Airplane Model by Corgi
		The Harrier has become famous as the world's first vertical take-off and landing strike fighter, ever since the prototype Hawker P.1127 flew in 1960.
		Hawker Siddeley AV - 8A Harrier (USMC) Diecast Airplane Model by Corgi
		Hawker Siddeley AV - 8A Harrier (USMC) Diecast Airplane Model by Corgi AA32403
	seagifts.com /hawsidav8aha.html (317 words)

	Hawker Siddeley FGA Mk.1
		By 1957, Hawker, desperate to find a new niche in the rapidly shrinking military aircraft market, launched a V/STOL fighter development program under the P.1127 designation.
		In 1956, Wibault's ideas found acceptance in the NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development chaired by noted engineer Theodore von Karman.
		To develop a V/STOL aircraft requires that the designers of the aircraft and propulsion system solve five problems.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/hawker_kestrel.htm (1791 words)

	Hawker-Siddeley Harrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kestrel had fully swept wings and a larger tail than the P.1127, and the fusaelage was modified to take the larger 15,000 lb Pegasus engine.
		The Kestrel was an evaluation aircraft, and nine were produced, the first flying on March 7, 1964.
		The Harrier GR Mk.1 was the first production model taken from the Kestrel, it first flew on December 28, 1967, and entered service with the RAF on April 1, 1969.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier (1791 words)

	[1.0] Harrier Origins
		The Hawker people regarded the P.1127 as appropriate for combat liason duties, as well as possibly for light attack.
		Hawker was given an "Instruction to Proceed" on the construction of new aircraft for the TES on 22 May 1962, but the company asked for a delay, since their current round of testing was suggesting new features that would result in a much better aircraft.
		Of course, Hawker could place no real weight on such assurances, since in the political climate a senior RAF officer who proposed a new manned aircraft was likely to be asked to hand in his uniform, but it seemed that if the winds changed direction, support would be forthcoming.
	www.vectorsite.net /avav81.html (1791 words)

	British Aerospace Harrier
		Originally known as the Hawker P.1127, the prototype first flew in 1960.
		The design of the Harrier began in 1957 when Sydney Camm of Hawker Aircraft and Stanley Hooker of Bristol Siddeley Engines designed a tactical aircraft around Bristol's new vectored thrust turbofan.
		Kestrel: Name given for UK/German/US joint evaluation in 1964
	www.shanaberger.com /AV-8.htm (148 words)

	Hawker P.1127 Kestrel
		In 1962, the UK, US and Germany initiated a tripartite program, funding nine improved P.1127 Kestrels for use by a UK-led tri-national squadron which conducted operational trials.
		Pegasus 3 power was increased to 13,500 lb thrust.
		The Kestrel paved the way for the Harrier (#21)
	www.vstol.org /wheel/VSTOLWheel/HawkerP.1127Kestrel.htm (233 words)

	the russians - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		Vectored thrust's first application in a 'real' aeroplane was in the 1960 Hawker P.1127 and then in the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel and after that in the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational vestored thrust aircraft and the first in the world to use the system for combat manoevring.
		Since then we have also seen vectored thrust employed in the Yak 36, Yak 38, VAK 191, Do 31 and AV-8B Harrier upgrade, ALL of which predate the X-31.
		The first form of thrust vectoring was as a control device for the 1950's Rolls Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, better known as the 'Flying Bedstead'.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread175711/pg2 (3714 words)

	AA32409 - HAWKER SIDDELEY HARRIER GR.1 - Corgi - Corgi Hawker Siddelely Harrier GR.1, XV762, 233 O.C.U., RAF Wittering1975
		The Harrier was the world’s first practical operational V/STOL strike fighter and was developed for six years’ experience with the Hawker P.1127/Kestrel series of demonstrators.
		Corgi Hawker Siddelely Harrier GR.1, XV762, 233 O.C.U., RAF Wittering1975
		Harrier GR.1, XV762 joined the HCU/233 OCU in 1970 and remained with the school, being upgraded to a GR.3 variant by 1975.
	www.die-cast-models.co.uk /product_info.php?products_id=270 (234 words)

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