Hawker Siddeley P.1127 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 are the experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first "vertical and/or short take-off and landing" (V/STOL) jet fighter-bomber. P.1127 development began in 1957, taking advantage of the Bristol Engine Company's choice to invest in the creation of the Pegasus vectored-thrust engine. Testing began in July 1960 and by the end of the year the aircraft had achieved both vertical take-off and horizontal flight. The test program also explored the possibility of use upon aircraft carriers, landing on in 1963. The first three
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