A Harrier at Coventry University

I worked on that aircraft at Wittering, many moons ago.

XW270 233 OCU/70/56/V. 1 Sqn /15/12. 4 Sqn /T. Gutersloh Stn Flt/04 ’91. Cranfield. Bruntingthorpe 6.6.96.
Everett Aero, Ipswich. Coventry University 13.9.04.

I’m currently working on said harrier XW270 for my final year project! my plan is to convert the front cockpit into a fully functioning flight simulator, at present i have all flight controls functioning and most system controls working, if anybody has any in depth information on the history of XW370 i would greatly appreciate it.

It’s good to know it’s well looked after and not outdoors rotting away.

The Harrier is XW270 – its been there a number of years. The Scout (not Wasp) referenced above, is residing at the Midland Air Museum, still owned by the University and is used by University Students on days out.

Yes, it is in their Mechanical Engineering department workshop.

FYI they also had (and may still have?) a helicopter in the same workshop – IIRC a Westland Wasp – when my son was studying for his motorsport engineering degree there.

Not quite as impressive as the fact that Loughborough Uni had the somewhat newer BAe ‘EAP’ technology demonstrator in their engineering department at that time…

All were used as teaching/training aids, though in the case of the Coventry Harrier and the Scout they would be at least two generations behind the state of the art, but I guess a hands-on airframe, even if it is a little out of date, is better than nothing.