Surprised no-one has mentioned the Harrier. Not the out-and-out loudest – I still reckon the Tornado scores highly here! – but surely the loudest sustained noise maker around…

Got lucky and done the Hunter. Would love to fly the ‘day job’, a Harrier. T4 or T10 would do. Other than that, a Hurricane ould be nice, or a mosquito, or a Shack.

‘Nuff said!

I do take exception to some readers on this forum bashing him 😡 for what he tried to do For those that think he was wrong and silly for doing what he did then I ask you, sit back from the pc and ask yourself what have I done to help with aircraft preservation lately…? I think I know the answer… Come on guys lets give him some credit….

Hmm let’s see. A 400mile round trip to work on some vintage jets two or three weekends a month. Do that count as doing something for aircraft preservation? I also live near Blackpool so have seen first hand the poor state of the aircraft. My comments stand, going into this purchase Eyes Wide Shut as this chap appears to have done was extremely foolhardy!

Well said Robbo!

Old Fart, The reason this guy is getting flak from people here is not because he had a dream, but because of his apparent complete lack of a clue! Rushing into a purchase without a) having the planning permission for the site intended for it, b) not estimating for the cost of moving such a large aircraft, and c) not having (as far as I can tell) the aircraft surveyed to see if it can even be dismantled properly, is just madness, ill advised at best.

With the right amount of money, anything can be saved, but I don’t think this chap has the kind of funds necessary in this case. A bit of decent investigation before a rash ebay bid would probably have saved himself (and his wife!) a great deal of grief!

As for saving the cockpit, this in itself will a MAJOR undertaking…

Kemble – 2002 Pilot Keith Hartly – Nav Dave Roome

I bet Dave has never been classed as a Nav before!!! 😀 😀

Last time I saw ZA175 was when it was being loaded onto the flatbed. We were down at Yeovil on a ski jump trial, and the ground crew found the spectacle of ‘175 being loaded much funnier than watching our jet off the ramp!

I hope ZA195 gets put back together and put on display. Did a large structural repair on the nose hinge frame just before she left Dunsfold for Warton. Shame to see her in such as state!

Anyone know what has happened to XZ439?

A few more bits of info about the GR7. The stores stations are 1-7 port to starboard, so the port outboard is No.1.

SNEB is no longer extant on GR7, the equivalent is CRV-7.

In addition to SOC’s list, Paveway III can be carried on stations 3 and 5.

The 25mm gun was dropped from the jet as it never really worked properly. Jets still carry gunpods with no guns fitted, but for jet lift purposes only. The gun is not part of the GR9 fit.

The gun fitted to the AV-8B is a 30mm cannon, but only one is fitted. As I understand it, the ammo is carried in one pod, whilst the actual gun is in the port pod.

As far as maintainability goes, it wasn’t high on the list of priorities when Harrier was designed! You do have to remove the wing to lift the engine, and no, the airframe doesn’t ‘break in half’ In terms of reliability, I have heard that Harrier Force during Telic achieved a really good reliability record, but I can’t remember what the actual numbers were.

Hope that helps..

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