Royal Air Force British Aerospace Harrier GR.1 XV277
Darko Maretić
Ricardo Hebmüller
Dawid Jędras
Image ID: 779985
Views: 1246
Operator: Royal Air Force - XV277
Aircraft: British Aerospace - Harrier GR.1
Airport: UK - Scotland - East Fortune
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2016-8-9 by Michael Brazier [Contact]
Camera setting: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 1/25s, f/5.6 at 24mm ISO 800
Ricardo Hebmüller
Dawid Jędras
Image ID: 779985
Views: 1246
Operator: Royal Air Force - XV277
Aircraft: British Aerospace - Harrier GR.1
Airport: UK - Scotland - East Fortune
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2016-8-9 by Michael Brazier [Contact]
Camera setting: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 1/25s, f/5.6 at 24mm ISO 800
Photographer's remark
(16.9.2016, 17:09 CET)
The second pre-production Harrier is seen here preserved by the Scottish National Museum of Flight at East Fortune. XV277 led a life of trials and testing, and although modified to GR.3 standard it never saw operational service. Following retirement, it was used by the Fleet Air Arm at Yeovilton as a ground instructional airframe (hence the Royal Navy markings and the non-standard white undersides) before being sold to a private collector. It was purchased by the Museum of Flight in 2000.
