The Harrier Jump Jet
The British navy had so inspired the Soviet Union that they had designed and created an aircraft called the Yakovlev Yak-38, otherwise known as the Harrier Jump Jet. The Soviet model of the English aircraft failed dismally to imitate its performance. The Harrier is a jet-powered attack plane that is amazingly capable of vertical take-off and landing (they should have named it The Harrier Rocket!)Unfortunately, the Yakovlev couldn’t even manage a mere twenty minutes up in the air on a sunny day and in more appropriate weather the Yakovlev struggled to maintain a speed of 800 miles per hour and had to then make a shaky landing. One of the main features of the aircraft was that it didn’t have wings and maybe that was the fatal flaw!
The Harrier Jump Jet
