Sea Harrier Thread

[Steven]

This thread has been attempted before but a lot of the photos have been deleted and are unavailable. Please post your photos of the Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers here - dig out the old slides - it might help during this lockdown period!! One photo per serial unless the jet is wearing a different paint scheme.....

Good luck....

Serials in red have been covered. Also, please note flight line pics will only count the first aircraft in the photo.

Serials required:

XZ438
XZ439
XZ440
XZ450
XZ451
XZ452
XZ453
XZ454
XZ455
XZ456
XZ457
XZ458
XZ459
XZ460
XZ491
XZ492
XZ493
XZ494
XZ495
XZ496
XZ497
XZ498
XZ499
XZ500
ZA174
ZA175
ZA176
ZA177
ZA190
ZA191
ZA192
ZA193
ZA194
ZA195
ZD578
ZD579
ZD580
ZD581
ZD582
ZD607
ZD608
ZD609
ZD610
ZD611
ZD612
ZD613
ZD614
ZD615
ZE690
ZE691
ZE692
ZE693
ZE694
ZE695
ZE696
ZE697
ZE698
ZH796
ZH797
ZH798
ZH799
ZH800
ZH801
ZH802
ZH803
ZH804
ZH805
ZH806
ZH807
ZH808
ZH809
ZH810
ZH811
ZH812
ZH813

[reaperops]

Great idea to keep everyone occupied during these challenging times. Looking forward to see more images of the SHAR.

Here's a couple to get things started.


ZE690


ZH811


Thanks

Gary

[mancman]

Here's ZH797 at Mildenhall in 1997.

ZH797 Sea Harrier Royal Navy Mildenhall 1997 by Andy Bird, on Flickr

[Cessna954]

A few in my Flickr album.

XZ455 at Mildenhall '88
Royal Navy 899 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ455 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

XZ494 at Yeovilton Air Day '89 armed with a Sea Eagle missile
Royal Navy 801 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ494 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZA195 after conversion to FRS2 at Yeovilton Air Day '89
BAe Sea Harrier FRS2 ZA195 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZD579 at IAT85
Royal Navy 899 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 ZD579 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZD581 at Fighter Meet '89
Royal Navy 899 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 ZD581 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZD608, ZD610 & ZD611 (in FRS1 standard) at Yeovilton Air Day '89
Royal Navy 899 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1s ZD608, ZD610 & ZD611 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZD613 at BoB Finningley '92
Royal Navy 899 NAS BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 ZD613 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ZH798 at IAT96
Royal Navy BAe Sea Harrier FA2 ZH798 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Neil

[Phil H]

ZA175
Sea Harrier FRS1, ZA175:125/H, 800 Squadron FAA @ RAF Leuchars, 08 August 1985. by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

ZE690
Sea Harrier FA2, ZE690-005, 801 Squadron FAA @ RAF Leuchars, 26 February 2002 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

ZE695
Sea Harrier FA2, ZE695 718/VL, 899 Squadron FAA @ RAF Leuchars, TLT 98-1, 5 February 1998 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

ZH809
Sea Harrier FA2, ZH809, 899 Squadron FAA @ RAF Leuchars, 10 September 2004 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

[Dave934]

Taken at Lakenheath 6-2-06.
Dave.
EDIT...I've just Google'd ZB 603...it's not a Sea Harrier! Sorry...

[Blue Diamond]

ZD580 Yeovilton 1988.
ZD580 899Sqd RNAS Yeovilton by King Cobra F2A, on Flickr

[johnwickenden]

ZD615 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ZD615 at a very wet 50th Anniversary of DDay photocall, Yeovilton 1994

ZE691-Winsford by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ZE691 now preserved on an industrial estate in Winsford

[johnwickenden]

ZD578-Yeovilton by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ZD578 on the gate at Yeovilton

ZH803-StAthan-1 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

ZH803 somewhere in South Wales !

ZD990-StAthan-1 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

with ZD990 (OK, I know its not a Sea Harrier really)

[a321]

img082_00001_00002 by David Bullock, on Flickr

[a321]

Not used to posting photo's yet above is ZA194 at Dunsfold in 1980 pre delivery

[F3]

Here are pics of SHARS in the three colour schemes of the different eras and from the three Sqns. Looking at my SHAR pics on only very few is the serial distinguishable. Located on the tail skid and only a couple of ins. tall it was necessary to get either side or three - quarter rear views to be sure of getting it and almost impossible with flying shots. Altho invisible in the 1st. pic it has been confirmed by a reliable source (the IAT book). I seem to recall that another Sqn. (809?) was formed during the Falklands War and pics of its jets are v. rare as it was short lived. If anyone has any I'd be interested in seeing them.

SHAR XZ451 100 899 Sqn. IAT '81 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR XZ448 - 123 800 NAS Ch. Fenton '88 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR XZ497 801 NAS Linton by Michael Britton, on Flickr

[blackbox]

ben55a by Ian D Coates, on Flickr
FRS.1 XZ440 at Benbecula during Sea Eagle trials, May 1985

[dollar99]

Here's a few :

rhino11_sharfrs1_xz439_yeovilton by Ian Powell, on Flickr
rhino11_sharfrs1_xz454_yeovilton by Ian Powell, on Flickr
rhino11_sharfrs1_xz456_somewhere by Ian Powell, on Flickr
rhino11_sharfrs1_xz457_somewhere by Ian Powell, on Flickr
rhino11_sharfrs1_xz459_2_yeovilton by Ian Powell, on Flickr

If anyone can fill in the location gaps missing from my memory I'll be grateful.

[Sparky 119]

Any chance of updating the list to help avoiding duplication

[F3]

I thought it looked really smart in the original pre-Falklands scheme, esp with the red 800 NAS badge like XZ454 above.

[Steven]

Great start so far, all!

[Mike]

Great start so far, all!

Are you going to change the serials in your opening post to red once a photo has been posted of each aircraft? That's what we used to do with other aircraft types in the past, I think the only one we managed to complete was the RAF Tucano fleet - with TomG completing it with a very rare photo taken at Lossiemouth just before ZF316 crashed in Moray.

Just a thought.

Edit :- Many thanks for amending your original post.

[F3]

Here's another half dozen which can be turned red.

SHAR XZ440 DX '04 (1) by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR XZ459 003 801 NAS Linton by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR ZA801 716 800 NAS Linton by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR ZD582 710 899 NAS Leeming '95 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR ZE694 801 NAS Linton by Michael Britton, on Flickr

SHAR ZE696 899 NAS DX '01 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

[Mike]

ZA176 at the Newark museum