The USSR wanted its own jump jet, and developed the Yakovlev Yak-38. The platform was meant to mimic the Harrier, but the Yak-38 did not survive the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Nottinghamshire played a key role in developing the Harrier jump jet, which came into British military service in 1969 The 50th anniversary of a revolutionary aircraft has been marked at an event ...

Now a test pilot with Britain's main weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, he has become the first pilot ever to take off and land vertically in a jump jet equipped with the aircraft's unique lift ...