Not far away, aboard the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious ... Watson was preparing for his 14th sortie in the Sea Harrier vertical-takeoff-and-landing jet. Watson was paired with a ...

Simon Hargreaves, aged 44, was one of the youngest British Sea Harrier pilots in the Falklands ... of short take-offs and vertical landings from aircraft carriers. Britain is contributing 1.3 ...

1000hrs – a low loader carrying the Lynx helicopter, and a flatbed carrying the Sea Harrier, will begin the journey from Mare Harbour to the Quarry, where the aircraft will remain overnight ...