Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm@uunet.UU.NET Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: The Marine Corps' AV-8B Harrier Message-ID: <1990Oct2.234615.22254@cbnews.att.com> Date: 2 Oct 90 23:46:15 GMT Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 8 Approved: military@att.att.com From: The two main differences between the original Harrier and its U.S. cousin are that main structural components in the McDonnell Douglas version are graphite epoxy (makes the plane much lighter, increasing range) and the flight controls are fly-by-wire. The latter is important because the plane is difficult to fly manually.