Название: Harrier: The Biography
Автор: Jonathan Glancey
Издательство: Atlantic Books
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 324
Размер: 47,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War.

Название: Harrier 809: Britain’s Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War
Автор: Rowland White
Издательство: Bantam Press
ISBN: 1787631583
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 24,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

When the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina in April 1982, Britain’s immediate response was to send a task force. But behind the pomp and bravado of its departure, a sober reality lurked. A mere 20 Sea Harriers operating from two aircraft carriers would take on the might of the Argentine air force, some 200 planes strong. The MOD estimated that within four days and against such formidable air power, half the harriers would likely be lost.