The tps did a fabulous job, and the VAAC Harrier was worked hard, but I do find it interesting that in the UK we tend not to publicly celebrate the work of the engineers and scientists without whom there'd be nothing for anyone to fly and whose concepts make all this possible.
Initials like Gd'M, GP, KG, YP, FS and more come to mind.
Well there was a Gold one of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Gold_Medalists in 2009 which, as you can see, even makes it into Wikipedia so was a bit public.