Harrier pair completed for US museum display

摘要

The Pima Air S Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona has completed refurbishment work on BAe Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH810 and Harrier GR.5 ZD353. Both aircraft were recently rolled out for a photo shoot alongside the attraction's four other Harrier variants. The Sea Harrier was delivered to Pima last September. The former Fleet Air Arm jet was one of the last to be produced at Dunsfold in Surrey and entered Royal Navy use in 1999. It was based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset with 899 Squadron, and flew until the Sea Harrier fleet was withdrawn in 2006. The aircraft's next destination was Bentwaters, near Ipswich, Suffolk, where it was cared for by Everett Aero. Preserved in good condition, it was transferred to Pima in 2018.