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Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.1

Country (Land)
Great Britain

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited (today part of British Aerospace)

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 1

Armament
No internal armament, but two 30-mm-Aden cannon pods can be carried under fuselage sides. Four underwing and one under-fuselage pylon can carry various loads, including alternatively or as a mix:

• 8 x bombs up to 500 lbs (225 kg)
• 5 x bombs up to 1000 lbs (450 kg)
• 6 x launchers for 19 x 68 mm unguided rockets
• 4 x launchers for Type 155 SNEB rockets
• 4 x cluster bomb units
• 2 x fire bombs
• 8 x 12,7 kg practice bombs
• 2 x Martel guided missile
• 2 x AIM-9D Sidewinder
• 8 x Lepus flares
• 1 x reconnaissance pod
• 2 x 455 litre or 2 x 1500 litre tanks

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 13,87 m
Height (Höhe): 3,43 m
Span (Spannweite): 7,70 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 18,68 sq m

Weights (Massen)
Basic operating weight (Einsatz-Leermasse): 5533 kg
Max. payload on external stores (max. Waffenlast): 2270 kg or more
Max. fuel (Max. Kraftstoff): 2865 litres internal, plus two 1500 litre external tanks
Max. take-off weigth (Max. Startmasse): over (über) 11 340 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. speed at low altitude (max. Fluggeschwindigkeit): approx. 1185 km/h
Dive speed (Geschwindigkeit im Sturzflug): up to Mach 1.3
Max. operating altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): over 15 000 m
Ferry range (Überführungsreichweite): up to 3700 km
g-limit: +7

Customers (Kunden)
Royal Air Force ordered a total of 118 of the GR Mk.1/1A/3-series Harrier. The AV-8A for the US Marine Corps was broadly similar and was built 113 times (including aircraft for Spain)

Competitors (Konkurrenz)
none

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
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. It first flew on December 28, 1967, and entered service at RAF Wittering on April 1, 1969. With more powerful Pegasus Mk 102 engines, designation changed to GR Mk.1A. The GR Mk.3 introduced a laser rangefinder in a diffent nose shape and further improved Pegasus engines.