| Serial | 41H-912009/P8 | |||||||||||||||
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| First Flight | 09.10.79 | |||||||||||||||
| Model | Sea Harrier-FRS.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | written-off 13.02.96, large amounts of right rudder were required to maintain balanced flight during a night approach to HMS Illustrious while operating in the Adriatic Sea following an operational mission over Bosnia. The pilot elected to overshoot and passed at deck level neither climbing or accelerating. The aircraft then descended towards the sea and the pilot (Lt. Philips ,RN) ejected. He was picked up by a Sea King from the carrier, privately owned Thorpe Wood | |||||||||||||||
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