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
Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace is a British aerospace manufacturer based in Bristol, England that designs and builds vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electrically powered aircraft. The company was founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick, an ex-Formula 1 team owner and Founder & CEO of OVO Energy. The company flew its first prototype aircraft - an electrically powered quadcopter that weighed 750kg - in June 2018 at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, Gloucestershire. The aircraft, which was unmanned and remotely controlled, is capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and has four electric engines, each inside a ducted fan. The company states