The goal was to obtain a McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II fighter jet. It was part of a promotion from soft drink maker Pepsi, where for various points consumers could claim a variety of prizes ...
22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic ... 35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
The fighter jet might be the most iconic aircraft type ... When the British unveiled the Harrier GR.1 in 1967 – a “jump jet” capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) – the Soviets ...
The General Electric 110, an afterburning turbofan built by American manufacturer GE Aerospace, is one of the most widely used engines by fighter jets in the United States Air Force today. The engine ...
Nottinghamshire played a key role in developing the Harrier jump jet, which came into British military service in 1969 The 50th anniversary of a revolutionary aircraft has been marked at an event ...
A veteran Royal Navy pilot of the Falklands conflict has made the first hovering test flight in a United States prototype of an advanced strike aircraft being developed to replace the Harrier jump ...
The company released a TV commercial for the promotion that ended with the claim that 7 million points would allow a Harrier fighter jet worth about $23 million to be redeemed. The only problem ...