Harrier Jump Jet II Plus configuration) was delivered in December 2003, ending the Harrier production line. The Harrier Jump Jet, capable of taking off vertically, can only do so at less than its maximum loaded weight. In most cases, a short take off is performed, using forward speed to achieve aerodynamic lift, which uses fuel more economically than a vertical take off. On aircraft carriers, a ski-jump ramp is employed at the bow of the carrier to assist the aircraft in becoming airborne. Landings are typically performed very differently. Although a conventional landing is possible, the range of speeds at which this can
Lilium Jet Lilium Jet The Lilium Jet is a proposed German vertical take-off and landing electrically powered light sport aircraft designed by Lilium GmbH. Lilium was founded in 2015 by four engineers and PhD students at the Technical University of Munich. They are supported by the Business Incubation Center Bavaria, the European Space Agency ESA, a Chinese Internet company, a bank, a technology fund and private investors. The Lilium Eagle, an unmanned two-seat proof of concept model, had its maiden flight at the airport Mindelheim-Mattsies near Munich in Germany on April 20, 2017. Lilium plans to launch the 5-seat Lilium Jet until