Italeri 1/72 Harrier Gr 1 Transatlantic Air Race Model Kit

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 in the famous 1969 Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race livery. RAF Squadron Leader Tom Lecky-Thompson won the London-to-New York race in the Harrier, using its V/STOL capability to take off from a coal yard in central London and land on a pier in Manhattan — demonstrating the practical advantages of vertical takeoff in the most dramatic way possible. This 1/72 scale Italeri kit features the specific race markings from this historic publicity triumph.