Saw my first Harrier in 1976. It was flown by a Swedish pilot. He put it down on one of our Helo spots and came into the galley for lunch and fuel (not served in the gallery) lol. My ship was the USS Nashville Lpd 13 now decommissioned
LOL...totally love the engine crane attached to the forklift to get the seat out. Post an lookout for the OH&S inspector. Bush mechanics skillz...love it.
I mean, obviously they installed the safety pins so it would be impossible to set off the seat accidentally.... but that wouldn't make for any drama would it
GenralDmoney yeah but the planes that become drone targets or end up like this are usually retired and instead of scrapping they do this stuff, so it wasn’t under no circumstances a perfectly fine a 10. A retired airframe costs a hell lot to maintain
GenralDmoney dude -_-. It might fly well but after certain hours airframes NEED to be retired due to micro cracks on the airframe unless you want to maintain it and pay a shit ton of money fixing them...
Worked on the AV8A in the late seventies, next door to 231 (VMA 542, Flying Tigers), always wanted one of the trainers. Saw the 231 XO eject between the hangers, one that "caught a wave", another that performed a tail stand that went horribly wrong and ran through the Station Ops flight line, hanger, and parking lot, and one that dropped into the bay off of officers housing. It was a bad year-or-so for Harriers. Live and learn or die young, I guess. Still love 'em and hope to fly/ride in one while there are any left. You can do so many things with a Harrier that can't be done with any other bird, and a few that shouldn't even be done with a Harrier. Never licensed for the Sencil B, and wouldn't care to. But noticed no MDC in the Plexi windows, gone on the B model? Still had the World Map between the legs when I was doing my thing, guess that is a weight saver on the B. When I was in, we had more snow at Cherry Point than North Dakota, the exhaust came in handy a few times! All I can say is . . .I wish I was you! Semper Fi.
This isn't an AV8. That is the McDonnel/Douglas licensed built version. It has a different wing, avionics and a US licence built engine. This is a Hawker/BAE aircraft with the original RR Pegasus, and it looks like the original avionics. It was in service with the Royal Navy.
Damn it if I didn't have to work for a living! I'm up in Waldorf and fly out of Freeway, W00, and if I had the times I would love to be involved with this program. Former NavAir guy, helo AC and ASM, many years ago.
i think that they still leave the indent in the hangar ceiling where a navy pilot was showing his family a f 4 and the seat was hot not very nice i spent 3 years on the forrestal flight deck you ladies and gentlemen are great for aviation have a great airshow season
Ejection Seat Mechanic here. To actually explain previous comments all explosives have a service life based on shelf or installed life calculated in months. Ejection Seats get certain explosives changed out in these intervals ie every 24 months these explosives get changed or something like that. All the explosives are different and perform different functions. My seat has 15 separate explosives for example. During these scheduled inspections where the explosives get swapped, nonexplosive components of the Ejection Seat will be inspected as well. Depending on the technology involved there's testing and troubleshooting performed on these components to verify that they are functioning properly. This is of course done in between de-arming and re-arming the seat so you don't set anything off. They're actually quite easy to work on, but you have to follow the checklist. Skipping steps WILL kill someone, not might. Finally, because this is a component that can not be Operationally checked, it requires paperwork submission from specifically licensed personnel (CDQAR's in the Military).
As an ex airforce "seat" trained guy, I don't remember seat maintenance ever being this dramatic. Make sure the pins are in and and lift it out. It really isn't that hard or dangerous.
Fun fact if you can’t find a tool or bolt or the tiniest thing on any aircraft they have to take apart the entire aircraft back down to what it looked like before it was fully assembled
Gotta remember they're not in the military so they don't have all the specific special service tools :) I have one of those harbor freight engine hoists, rebranded Biltema, I lift my Corolla's up with that thing, and it holds them up there, for years... Oughta do the trick for an ejection seat too!
Im sure those can be dangerous if you dont know what you are doing but comparing rocket motors to sticks of dynamite is a bit of a stretch. Also referring to the rocket motors going off as exploding is an even bigger stretch. They are igniting not exploding
Hi, I’ve just found you, so great that we agree that the Harrior is the tool of the toolbox, great video ! If you wanted to have a passenger, would this be allowed ?
Art, you are better off permanetly removing those explosives under your seat and getting rid of the ejector button....you'll be safer without it........as a Helicopter Pilot , I removed my ejector seat.....and never regretted it
@@harrisonnordmeyer5056 - It's a troll only a few Russian military helicopters have typical ejection seats and removal isn't up to an individual pilot. Ejection seats aren't fired by a button.
Bit nonchalant about your subscribers!!!, does anyone on the team even read these comments? If so it’s really sketchy that nobody gets a reply bro, remember without your fans you’d have no channel.
If Pepsi honored their 90s marketing campaign, you'd be the second civilian owner of a harrier.
Such a great random reference! Love this comment.
Ironically, I have the video recommended next after this video. lol
please tell me he got it
Only 7million points!
Saw my first Harrier in 1976. It was flown
by a Swedish pilot. He put it down on one of our Helo spots and came into the galley for lunch and fuel (not served in the gallery) lol. My ship was the
USS Nashville Lpd 13 now decommissioned
A Swedish pilot flying a Harrier? This I gotta hear more about since the Swedes flew Viggens and Drakens in the 70's!
LOL...totally love the engine crane attached to the forklift to get the seat out. Post an lookout for the OH&S inspector. Bush mechanics skillz...love it.
I mean, obviously they installed the safety pins so it would be impossible to set off the seat accidentally.... but that wouldn't make for any drama would it
Yeah they would have you out here believing there are sticks of dynamite under the seat
I have been waiting one year to see some one else
Wow what a great addition to the team. Sam is awsome
Keep up to good work! You guys are great!
Notice the Go Navy, Beat Army banner? Just in time for the big game!
Great video thank you for Showing Australia
how many times did they show the front window being cleaned
That hurt me to see that A-10 pilot eject off a perfectly fine A-10
GenralDmoney if it was perfectly fine he wouldn’t eject.
@@windshearahead7012 that was a test ejection. Otherwise they wouldn't have recorded it.
GenralDmoney yeah but the planes that become drone targets or end up like this are usually retired and instead of scrapping they do this stuff, so it wasn’t under no circumstances a perfectly fine a 10. A retired airframe costs a hell lot to maintain
@@windshearahead7012 well, maybe not perfect but it's flying pretty well right there....
GenralDmoney dude -_-. It might fly well but after certain hours airframes NEED to be retired due to micro cracks on the airframe unless you want to maintain it and pay a shit ton of money fixing them...
I was deployed to bagram Afghanistan and they had harriers flying there, they are incredibly loud in vertical flight
Worked on the AV8A in the late seventies, next door to 231 (VMA 542, Flying Tigers), always wanted one of the trainers. Saw the 231 XO eject between the hangers, one that "caught a wave", another that performed a tail stand that went horribly wrong and ran through the Station Ops flight line, hanger, and parking lot, and one that dropped into the bay off of officers housing. It was a bad year-or-so for Harriers. Live and learn or die young, I guess. Still love 'em and hope to fly/ride in one while there are any left. You can do so many things with a Harrier that can't be done with any other bird, and a few that shouldn't even be done with a Harrier. Never licensed for the Sencil B, and wouldn't care to. But noticed no MDC in the Plexi windows, gone on the B model? Still had the World Map between the legs when I was doing my thing, guess that is a weight saver on the B. When I was in, we had more snow at Cherry Point than North Dakota, the exhaust came in handy a few times! All I can say is . . .I wish I was you! Semper Fi.
This isn't an AV8. That is the McDonnel/Douglas licensed built version. It has a different wing, avionics and a US licence built engine. This is a Hawker/BAE aircraft with the original RR Pegasus, and it looks like the original avionics. It was in service with the Royal Navy.
R.E.D
retired extremely dangerous
Damn it if I didn't have to work for a living! I'm up in Waldorf and fly out of Freeway, W00, and if I had the times I would love to be involved with this program. Former NavAir guy, helo AC and ASM, many years ago.
The yellow handle on top looks cool, you should
That man has the best job in the world and a expert
i think that they still leave the indent in the hangar ceiling where a navy pilot was showing his family a f 4 and the seat was hot not very nice i spent 3 years on the forrestal flight deck you ladies and gentlemen are great for aviation have a great airshow season
Did anyone get hurt or die? That's crazy!
Why did you not use the original Martin Baker seat and what seat are you using in its place?
there using a stencil seat
How do you one inspect an ejection seat and say that it's still good after 30 years? How do you know it still works without ejecting?
It doesn't. CADs and PADs have a shelf or installed life.
the parts get tested for function.
how do you know the airbags in your car work without smashing into a wall
Ejection Seat Mechanic here. To actually explain previous comments all explosives have a service life based on shelf or installed life calculated in months. Ejection Seats get certain explosives changed out in these intervals ie every 24 months these explosives get changed or something like that. All the explosives are different and perform different functions. My seat has 15 separate explosives for example. During these scheduled inspections where the explosives get swapped, nonexplosive components of the Ejection Seat will be inspected as well. Depending on the technology involved there's testing and troubleshooting performed on these components to verify that they are functioning properly. This is of course done in between de-arming and re-arming the seat so you don't set anything off. They're actually quite easy to work on, but you have to follow the checklist. Skipping steps WILL kill someone, not might. Finally, because this is a component that can not be Operationally checked, it requires paperwork submission from specifically licensed personnel (CDQAR's in the Military).
The explosive components have “expiration dates”
This antique, decades old Harrier gonna explode anyway. 😂
Trust me if it survived 5 decades, it could take another 2
As an ex airforce "seat" trained guy, I don't remember seat maintenance ever being this dramatic. Make sure the pins are in and and lift it out. It really isn't that hard or dangerous.
As a fellow Egress guy stop killing the allure of our job!! Haha
Fun fact if you can’t find a tool or bolt or the tiniest thing on any aircraft they have to take apart the entire aircraft back down to what it looked like before it was fully assembled
Rubbish.
He looks like captain archer from Star Trek enterprise
Oshkosh 2011. Saw a Harrier demonstration there. Was that You?
Keith David will play Kevin Reed in the docudrama. Ha!
Or an older version of Michael Jai White. Lol..
Very first frame is .. How to get your Harrier ejection seat out with your Harbor Freight engine hoist!
Gotta remember they're not in the military so they don't have all the specific special service tools :)
I have one of those harbor freight engine hoists, rebranded Biltema, I lift my Corolla's up with that thing, and it holds them up there, for years...
Oughta do the trick for an ejection seat too!
Kevin Reed is a carbon copy of Micheal Jai White. An older version anyway.
Where is the 2 Seater ? Also any thoughts of buying a Buccaneer ?
Just me or does Kevin reed look like dollar store will smith
my dad did RAF Ejection Seats in the day. 😁😁😁
loses washer in ejection seat, plane explodes and everyone dies
Love ❤️ you
Denzel washington can really do anything wow
Im sure those can be dangerous if you dont know what you are doing but comparing rocket motors to sticks of dynamite is a bit of a stretch. Also referring to the rocket motors going off as exploding is an even bigger stretch. They are igniting not exploding
Working by the seat of his pants....literally.....
Hi, I’ve just found you, so great that we agree that the Harrior is the tool of the toolbox, great video ! If you wanted to have a passenger, would this be allowed ?
Looks like an ejection seat from a german alpha jet.
SAM LOST THAT WASHER
Swagger souls dad
I would kill to work on that jet.
Is it possible to purchase a CD of this series? Badasspilot.
Dude looks like John Daley
You never reply man .. can you recommend a top flying school., in want to be bad man pilot
The high schooler said all clear and all he did was clean the windows
here's my question, can i come learn?
BFM Rick nope
I’m going to guess that he spent about 20-30Million on this plane
StormzYLive no he spent actually about $1.5 mil
Both of you are off. He spent 2.8 million on the plane in England, spent another 2.4 million in shipping and restoration.
I know an easy way to get the seat out
Nice try, the seat is painted blue and inert...no expolsives
Good lord i hope u never need the seat
I wanna know five years from today what’s gonna be going through your mind each and every morning you wake up a day older ?
This clown and Harrison ford are proof if you have enough money you can pass a flight physical
wonder how much he paid for the harrier
Art, you are better off permanetly removing those explosives under your seat and getting rid of the ejector button....you'll be safer without it........as a Helicopter Pilot , I removed my ejector seat.....and never regretted it
Dino Dean your also not in a high altitude military aircraft going very fast
@@harrisonnordmeyer5056 - It's a troll only a few Russian military helicopters have typical ejection seats and removal isn't up to an individual pilot. Ejection seats aren't fired by a button.
Pablo Gonzalez just saying he’s in a jet and this guy was in a helicpoter bit of a difference
@@harrisonnordmeyer5056 I'm not saying Art isn't justified having an ejection seat I'm saying this comment is trolling
Pablo Gonzalez I feel like he isn’t trolling but ok
So much unnecessary drama in all these wanna be shows.
Bit nonchalant about your subscribers!!!, does anyone on the team even read these comments? If so it’s really sketchy that nobody gets a reply bro, remember without your fans you’d have no channel.
Oshkosh 2011. Saw a Harrier demonstration there. Was that You?