Starting the Jet Art Aviation Sea harrier for a taxi test

A video to demonstrate the basis of piston engines and the 4 stroke cycle. Filmed using an instructional, sectioned de Havilland Gipsy Major four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline piston engine . The Gipsy Major engine was fitted to a variety of light aircraft produced in the 1930s, including the famous Tiger Moth biplane and DH Chipmunk. This unit was however installed in a Saunders-Roe Skeeter 1950s helicopter. A very professionally sectioned engine done to a very high standard. The paint scheme is colour coded, for example yellow signifies oil systems, blue fuel system components. Mounted on a wheeled stand the unit can be rotated in two positions so students can see the upper and lower sides of the engine in detail. The crank shaft can be rotated by hand using an extension and socket so the student can see the entire 4 stroke cycle working. By hand the engine rotates at around 20 RPM. The crankshaft + camshaft can be seen to rotate, pistons go up and down and the valves open and close. One of the best training aid aero piston engines we have ever seen.

Footage of our September 2022 trails and testing day on the SHAR including a run down the runway. This aircraft is for sale. Visit our website for more details.

Raw Jet Noise Edit (No Music for the Hard Core AV Geeks!) of Footage filmed 2nd April 2022. After a period of restoration and rebuild this privately owned former Royal Navy Harrier FA2 Jump Jet was ground run and taxi tested. 2/04/2022 was the 40th Anniversary of the start of the Falklands War. We commemorate the occasions by marking Rolls Royce Pegasus Jet Noise!

Footage filmed 2nd April 2022. After a period of restoration and rebuild this privately owned former Royal Navy Harrier FA2 Jump Jet was ground run and taxi tested. 2/04/2022 was the 40th Anniversary of the start of the Falklands War. We commemorate the occasions by marking Rolls Royce Pegasus Jet Noise! Music Track: Vindby - Phello EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE ID: DL-ynvk-cut9fpm63k Check out the other videos in our playlist for the raw Jet Noise version of this video with no backing track.

Footage filmed 2nd April 2022 on the 40th Anniversary of the start of the Falklands War. This was the 3rd engine start of the day prior to a taxi test. Thanks to Neil Atterbury for the footage.

Over the last 12 months we have been restoring Jaguar GR1 XX747. The final part of the restoration process was a trip away to the paint shop. A huge amount of effort went into this transformation. We hope you enjoy this short film to walk you through the process. Special thanks to the Serco painters and Finishers who went above and beyond on this project. History and Background: XX747 holds the FAI ratified flight speed record between the capital of Scotland and England. On 9th September 1977, Flt Lt Russ Peart of 226 OCU took off from Leuchars and headed south. A few minutes later he flew past the tower at RAF Turnhouse (now Edinburgh Airport) and accelerated as hard as XX747 would allow. Going Supersonic over Northern England, 26 min 25 seconds later the time trial was completed as the Jag flew past the tower at RAF Benson. One sonic boom later and assisted by a hefty tail wind the 330.6 mile flight was completed at an average speed of 750.89 mph. It is believed that the record still stands today. The Fédération aéronautique internationale who are responsible for verifying record-breaking flights supervised and ratified the flight. The brief for this restoration was to restore XX747 back to her 1977 Record Breaking Spec and finish so it can go on display as a high end Museum / Display piece. Its also worth noting the Desert paint scheme on the aircraft at the start of the video was spurious / fake paint scheme to XX747 in the early 90’s when the aircraft was retired from service and then used to train Ground Crew. If this had been genuine Gulf War paint / patina we would have 100% kept it 👍🏻

In 2021 the Jet Art Aviation team dismantled, road moved, then reassembled and restored this Ex Royal Navy Sea Harrier fighter jet back to ground running and taxi capable condition.