designeraccd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:03 pm
This photo wasn't dated, but it shows a BRIT Harrier on the ARA
25 of MAYO!
DFO
From wiki:-
Potential operators
Some countries almost purchased Harriers. British Aerospace held talks with
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Switzerland, India, and Japan.
Argentina
When the Argentinian Navy looked for newer fighters in 1968 the US government only offered old A-4A planes instead of the A-4Fs Argentina wanted. Argentina contacted the British government in 1969 and expressed interest in buying from six to twelve Harrier GR.1s. In 1969 the Argentinian Navy received its second carrier, ARA 25 de Mayo, from the Netherlands. On her voyage home, the British company Hawker Siddeley demonstrated a RAF Harrier GR.Mk.1 (XV757) but Argentina opted for the A-4Q Skyhawk instead. There were several problems to supply Argentina with Harrier jets and engines that prevented the deal from being closed, and when the US knew about the Harrier negotiations they quickly offered a better deal to Argentina. Some years later, before the 1982 war, British officials offered Argentina an aircraft carrier and Sea Harrier aircraft.[144][145]
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See also an article in
The Aviation Geek Club website.
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Screen capture of a passage from the article
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and the following excerpt in Reddit; from a thread a short exchange based on the very same photo as in DFO's post
Sea Harrier aboard argentinian carrier ARA 25 de Mayo.
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lyingLowSH
5 years ago
Any background story?
Chairboy
Hawker was trying to sell these to the Argentinian navy back in 1969, that's when this pic was taken. It was a demo.
FlyingLowSH
Ah, okay, thanks. My mind instantly came up with the Falklands and how odd a Sea Harrier would be on an argentinian carrier around 1982.
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