Harrier Jump Jet two systems are fully interlinked but air is not supplied to the reaction control valves during conventional wingborne flight. Harrier Jump Jet The Harrier, informally referred to as the Harrier Jump Jet, is a family of jet-powered attack aircraft capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing operations (V/STOL). Named after a bird of prey, it was originally developed by British manufacturer Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s. The Harrier emerged as the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many attempted during that era, despite being a subsonic aircraft, unlike most of its competitors. It was conceived to operate from improvised bases,
First flight in Venezuela happen on 29 September in the grounds of the Hippodrome El Paraíso, where many city residents and the President of the Republic, the General Juan Vicente Gómez witnessed the event. The flight lasted about 27 minutes, flying across the city from West to East landing back at the Hippodrome El Paraíso. At the second flight, performed on October 6, 1912, Hoeflich suffers the first aviation accident in the country, when on take off from the Hippodrome El Paraíso at Caracas, his aircraft flipped over causing serious damage to it and minor injuries to the pilot. Boland also gave successful demonstrations