For Sale: “Oldest Two-Seater Harrier in Existence, Longest Serving Harrier Ever”

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1969 Hawker Siddeley Harrier XW175 (VAAC) is available for sale. The machine is touted as a “significant benchmark airframe” with many claims to fame:

Oldest 2-seater Harrier in existence; Longest serving Harrier ever; 1969 to 2008 last flight: Staggering 40 years service; The last fixed-wing aircraft to launch from HMS Invincible; First Harrier to achieve more than 100 ski jump ramp launches; Only surviving example of a development batch two seat V/STOL ground attack and reconnaissance fighter/trainer. Built to specification: SR(A)386; First 2 seat Harrier to take off from a ski jump launch ramp in August 1977; Flown by great test pilots such as John Farley and Justin Paines; Only Fly-By-Wire Harrier ever; Cutting edge research aircraft used for trial supporting Joint Strike Force (JSF) and other platforms; In July 2019 it celebrated its 50th birthday.

According to the listing, all sensitive trials equipment and items of US origin have been removed from the aircraft and it has been reverted back to all British spec designated as Harrier T4A. The machine is located in England with pricing available upon request. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(via Jet Art Aviation, Ltd. Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK / CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)