A copy of the Navair 01- AV-8A-1 Flight Handbook, for the AV-8A Harrier aircraft. Dated 15 October 1973. Credit: Anymouse Collection
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My name is Ron Downey. I am a retired Aeronautical Engineer who worked for McDonnell Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas Corp for 40 years and collected many photos, info and brochures of their products. While the F-4 is my favorite, I have many other MDC items and these will be scanned and presented here. In addition, I have been an aviation historian for most of my adult life and I have amassed a large amount of info over my 50+ years of collecting and will be bringing that here also. My aim is to bring aviation material (Photos, articles; etc) to this blog before it is lost; but, not in-depth explanations as any good search engine can be used for that purpose. I may be contacted at: aviationarchives(at)gmail.com
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The Harrier was an interesting aircraft. The Marines wanted an aircraft that could be in the field with the GRUNTs. They remembered what happened in Viet Nam where Marine Air was put under control of the Air Force. Also the Marines did not want the A-7, which was the F-8 Crusader (which they did use) with the same air frame with a new engine and avionics. So they told the Navy that they were keeping the A-4. The Navy did not like this because they wanted the A-7 and told the Marines to find something else, ergo the Harrier which the UK used. The Navy closed the A-4 production line and the Harrier was maintained by McAir. Everyone happy.
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