History

The Sea Harrier was a navalized version of the Harrier ground attack fighter.

It served with the Royal Navy when it lost its conventional carriers and was a vital element of Britain’s success in retaking the Falkland Islands in 1982.

The Sea Harrier was a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier ground attack fighter.

The main changes were a multi-mode radar, a raised cockpit and Sidewinder armament.

The Sea Harrier replaced Phantoms as the Royal Navy’s fighter when the navy lost its carrier fleet and gave it a semblance of air defense capability.

Orders were placed in 1975 and they began sea operations in June 1979.

They were in service when Britain retook the Falklands Islands from Argentina in 1982.

This model represent XZ457 of 899 Naval Air Squadron, the highest scoring Sea Harrier of the Falklands War.

Hasegawa 1/72 kit with Modeldecal decals completed by Leigh Edmonds in November 1984.

Data

MODEL: British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1

ROLE: naval fighter

TIME PERIOD: 1978-2016

ENGINES: one Rolls Royce Pegasus Mk104 vectored thrust turbofan engine of 96kN thrust

WING SPAN: 7.7m

LENGTH: 14.50m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 11,884kg

RANGE: 750km

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: up to 3629kg (8000lb) of weapons including two 30mm ADEN cannons and other disposable weapons

SCALE: 1/72

KIT:

GALLERIES: , ,

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