Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744 - O

Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV744 / O (msn 712007), of 233 Operational Conversion Unit, at the Mildenhall Air Fete on 28 May 1988. XV744 flew from St, Pancras Station coal-yard, for the 1969 Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race, flown by Sqn. Ldr. Tom Lecky-Thompson. XV744 flew the shortest time from London to New York, at 6 hrs 11 min, scooping a 6, 000 GBP prize. (note: the New York-London leg was flown by XV741)

Conversion Fete Flew Flown Gr.3 Harrier Mildenhall Operational Pancras Scooping Shortest Trans-atlantic

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