Hawker Siddeley Harrier

Hawker Siddeley Harrier dan AV-8A Harrier adalah sebuah pesawat tempur generasi pertama seri Harrier, pesawat serang darat sayap tinggi (high wing) dukungan jarak dekat dan pesawat tempur pengintaian V/STOL. Harrier merupakan salah satu pesawat V/STOL yang sukses, dari berbagai desain yang muncul pada tahun 1960-an.

Hawker Siddeley Harrier

Harrier GR3 RAF di Bletchley Park, Inggris.
Tipe	Pesawat serang VTOL
Terbang perdana	28 Desember 1967 (Harrier)
Pengguna utama	Britania Raya
Pengguna lain	Amerika Serikat Spanyol Thailand
Tahun produksi	1967 - ?
Jumlah produksi	718
Acuan dasar	Hawker P.1127/Kestrel FGA.1
Varian	Sea Harrier AV-8 Harrier II BAE Harrier II

Harrier senantiasa terus dikembangkan, dan berkembang menjadi BAE Harrier II dan AV-8B Harrier II, yang diproduksi oleh by British Aerospace/BAE Systems dan McDonnell Douglas.

Varian

A Royal Air Force Harrier GR.3 aircraft parked on the flight line during Air Fete '84 at RAF Mildenhall.

A USMC TAV-8A Harrier from VMAT-203 on the flight line

Harrier GR.1, GR.1A, GR.3

AV-8A, AV-8C Harrier

AV-8S Matador

Harrier T.2, T.2A, T.4, T.4A

Harrier T.4N, T.8, T.60

TAV-8A Harrier

TAV-8S Matador

Operator

Thailand

• Royal Thai Navy

India

• Indian Navy

United States Marine Corps AV-8A of VMA-231 in 1980

Spain

• Spanish Navy

United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force
• Royal Navy

United States

• United States Marine Corps

Spesifikasi (Harrier GR.3)

Data dari Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–89

Ciri-ciri umum

• Kru: One
• Panjang: 46 ft 10 in
• Rentang sayap: 25 ft 3 in
• Tinggi: 11 ft 11 in
• Luas sayap: 201.1 ft²
• Berat kosong: 13,535 lb
• Berat maksimum saat lepas landas: 25,200 lb
• Mesin: 1 × Rolls-Royce Pegasus 103 turbofan with four swivelling nozzles, 21,500 lbf Four vertical flight puffer jets use engine bleed air, mounted in the nose, wingtips, and tail.

Kinerja

• Laju maksimum: 730 mph (635 knots, 1,176 km/h) at sea level
• Radius tempur: 230 mi (200 nmi, 370 km) lo-lo-lo with 4,400 lb (2,000 kg) payload
• Jangkauan feri: 2,129 mi (1,850 nmi, 3,425 km)
• Batas atas layanan: 1 hr 30 min (combat air patrol – 115 mi (185 km) from base)
• Langit-langit batas: 51,200 ft
  
• Time to climb to 40,000 ft (12,200 m): 2 min 23 s

Persenjataan

• Senjata api: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannon pods under the fuselage
• Titik keras: 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations dengan kapasitas 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) dengan izin untuk mengangkut:
  • Roket: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
  • Rudal: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders Air-to-air missiles
  • Bom: A variety of unguided iron bombs, BL755 cluster bombs or laser-guided bombs
  • Others:
    • 1× Reconnaissance pod
    • 2× drop tanks for extended range/loitering time

Lihat pula

Pengembangan yang berhubungan

• Hawker Siddeley P.1154

Pesawat sebanding dalam peran, konfigurasi, dan era

• Yakovlev Yak-38
• Rockwell XFV-12

Pranala luar

• Harrier history website
• Harrier page on globalsecurity.org
• Harriers lost in the Falklands
• Harrier GR.3 in Beijing Aviation Museum, China
• "Harrier - World's First Fixed-wing V/STOL Weapons System" a 1967 article in Flight
• "Harriers for the United States?" 1969 Flight article on the USMC case for the Harrier
• "Woodland Warfare" a 1972 Flight article on Harrier dispersed operations
• "V for Two" a 1972 Flight article on the two-seat Harrier T.2
• "In the Air - Harrier" a 1973 Flight article on flying the Harrier