The Harrier was made in Hawker Siddeley factories in Kingston, near the banks of the River Thames, with final assembly ...

Five fantastic warbirds from the British isles, take a close look at a few of the best aircraft that British Aerospace ever ...

The Harrier jump jet, which was the first vertical take-off aircraft in the world, first came into British military service in 1969. Much of the work to develop it was carried out in the county ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...

A Harrier jet today crashed at an airfield ... Both men ejected from the plane, a Royal Navy Sea Harrier, as it crashed on take-off at the end of the runway at 9.37am. It was attempting a normal ...

A UK F-35 jet crashed soon after take-off earlier this month while the carrier ... They can land vertically, similar to the Harrier Jump Jet, and combine radar-evading stealth technology with ...