T.4 Harrier ID………

Nashio – any update on your parts list ?

ty for all the advice guys 🙂 ill keep you all posted and we’ll see how it goes 🙂

Ben

Nozzle operation

If you still have a samsu fitted all you need is a compressor and a feed to the samsu air input the nozzle lever should do the rest in the cockit, we test them this way in the hanger all the time, the system is still the same set up on GR7/9 these days

You can move them by hand .

we have an engine, that being a plus 🙂 as she’s inside we obviously cant power the engine up is there any other way to rotate the nozzles whilst still maintaining the cockpit connection?

regards

nashio

Nashio- Doing the hydraulic systems is pretty straighforward. The nozzles are a little more problematical as you need an engine installed and some way of substituting the air that’s supplied from the engine to the SAMSU .

i wasnt expecting anyone to give anything 🙂 my course does have a budget for various things, which is why i need to get a positive yes before anything can be done 🙂

when XW270 was at cranfield, she was treated pretty brutally from what ive heard, and if you look around in the airframe the amount of chopped wires and missing parts make this fairly apparent, still hoping that at least something could be done with her 🙂

regards

Ben

Nashio – I might be able to help – pm me what you need.

David,

While your giving Harrier parts away, don’t forget i need pretty much anything & everything for XV806 please.

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FP thanks for that 🙂 ill pass it onto our workshop tecchie who would be very interested in it 🙂

david thankyou for your offer, we are currently making a list of parts that would be needed for our ideas, and still have to be cleared by various higher ups, but should have a basic shopping list by the middle of next week. our aim is to eventually restore some power to various systems etc, ie be able to rotate the nozzles and extend various flight controls.

thanks for your offer david, ill be in touch via pm as soon as i know for sure whats what

best regards

Ben (aka Nashio)

Nashio – I might be able to help – pm me what you need.

Hi Ben,

sorry, the only parts for Harriers I have are my control stick from XW268 and an altimeter from XZ146, as you can probably guess Harrier parts are a bit scarce over here in Norway!

Here’s an original ‘Hawker Siddeley Photo News’ photo I have of XW270 in better times………

cheers,

-John

talking about T.4 harriers, i was wondering if anyone knew anything more about my universities harrier XW270, she’s missing a considerable amount of parts, if anyone could point me in a direction to any of the missing components, it would be greatly appreciated.

the rear cockpit is almost bare
the rear ejector seat is pretty much bare
looking for various internal parts to complete the hydraulic systems for the flight surfaces so that some pressure could be restored and movemement achiever

BUCKETLOADS of panel fixing screws/bolts

any help would be massively appreciated

Ben

Hi John

You will be pleased to hear this Harrier T4N still exists. It can be found at the Norwich Aircraft Museum, and is owned by a friend of mine Dan Lander.

Being a trainer it had two columns, so maybe the front is a different design to the rear?

I’ll put you in touch.

….oh, and by the way it currently doesn’t have either columns!

Hi David,

yes, I think it might have had a GR.1/GR.3 type grip in the front, and the other grip type in the rear. I’d like to see photos of other T.4 aircraft and see if they have the same grips in both crew positions.

I have a lot of photos of XW268 at Norwich Aircraft Museum both external and internal views, not so nice to look at after seeing this lovely aircraft in it’s ‘better days’! (I try not to look at them! );)

Here’s all the history I have on XW268…… so far…….

Harrier T2 Built No. 212007 by Hawker Siddeley
First flown 5/11/70
Delivered 7/1/71 to RAF No.233 OCU, Wittering
68/233 (3/73)
54/233 (12/73)
54/233 OCU 5/75
Modified to T.4 5/1977
Delivered to RAF No.1 (F) Sqn, (Red 12), Wittering
Modified to T.4A (one of 4 converted)
Delivered to No.233 OCU, (U), Wittering 7/79
Loaned to Indian Navy Training Unit, Yoevilton 2/83 – 3/83
T.4 XW268/’U’ No.233 OCU visit RAF Wattisham, 1/6/1983
12/1 (11/84)
U/233 (12/84 – 1990)
Modified for Royal Navy use into T.4N (one of 3 converted)
Serial changed to XW268/’720-VL’
Delivered to Royal Navy No.899 NAS as ‘720’ 1990
Anniversary Markings 899 NAS 1942 to 1992
899 NAS ‘VL’ 17th July 1973
Visit RAF Güttersloh, Germany 26/6/91
Yeovilton Air Show 1993
Yeovilton VE Day Air Show
Modified to T8 Standard, Dunsfold 1993
Crashed 27/6/94
Spares recovery, Yeovilton 1995
Park Aviation Supply, Faygate, W.Sussex (1/97)
Purchased by Dan Lander
Stored at City of Norwich Aviation Museum 5/08

The UK government got it’s moneys worth, 20 years with the RAF and 4 with the FAA!

cheers & thanks,

-John

Hi John

You will be pleased to hear this Harrier T4N still exists. It can be found at the Norwich Aircraft Museum, and is owned by a friend of mine Dan Lander.

Being a trainer it had two columns, so maybe the front is a different design to the rear?

I’ll put you in touch.

….oh, and by the way it currently doesn’t have either columns!