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This fighter jet learned to hover and nearly killed the pilots who flew it

The Harrier was not just a fighter jet that could hover — it was a constant engineering compromise balanced on the edge of ...
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How Britain’s vertical fighter changed air combat forever

Born in the Cold War, the Harrier was unlike any aircraft before it - a fighter that could rise straight off the ground and fight from places no other jet could. From British test rigs to dogfights ...