The original Hawker Harrier Jet was designed by the British in the 60s and utilized a "vectored thrust turbofan engine," which allowed the thrust created by the jet engines to be pointed in a ...

the RAF's Harrier Jet and USMC's AV-8 jets would be the most effective designs capable of using the vectored thrust engines. In the early 1950s, after World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty ...

When someone mentions vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft ... The Do-31 utilized a vectored-thrust Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine similar to the Harrier's, except the Do-31 required ...

Not a big deal for the Jump Jet ... the Harrier pilot pushed the throttle forward to accelerate the aircraft down the runway something unexpected happened: the Rolls Royce Pegasus thrust-vectored ...

Under the headline "New British Jet Unveiled," the Associated ... a goal that would be fulfilled by the Harrier. Lighter materials, as well as an approach that vectored thrust from one single ...

Meet the Yak-38: During the Cold War, the Royal Air Force developed the Harrier “Jump Jet ... nozzles capable of rotating to provide vectored thrust. Compressed air thrusters on the tail ...

1127, which evolved into the Harrier attack aircraft ... but produced 4,409 pounds of thrust—more thrust than the engines utilized on the Hawker 800 business jet. Dornier placed four of these ...