Making its first flight on November 9, 1978, the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier, the Marine Corps’ vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, hovered for about seven minutes at altitudes of up to 130 feet, Lambert St. Louis International Airport.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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